New Delhi: A Delhi court yesterday dismissed the bail plea of two Zee News journalists arrested on an extortion complaint filed by Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s company Jindal Power and Steel Ltd.
Metropolitan Magistrate Rajinder Singh dismissed the bail plea of the duo, who were sent to 14 days’ judicial custody on November 30
Sudhir Chaudhary, head of Zee News, and Samir Ahluwalia, head of Zee Business, were arrested here on November 27 on charges of attempting to extort Rs1bn from Jindal Power and Steel Ltd in exchange for not filing news reports linking the firm to the allegedly irregular coal block allocation.
Police booked both the journalists under Sections 384, 120(b) and 511 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Before arresting Chaudhary and Ahluwalia, police also charged them under Section 420.
IANS
