News 11 Owner Arrested For Money Extortion & Blackmailing Businessman: Jharkhand

Arup Chatterjee, owner of News 11 channel, has been arrested on July 16, for charges of money extortion from a businessman. News 11 is a regional Hindi new channel in Jharkhand. He has also been charged for blackmailing and criminal conspiracy. Businessman Rakesh alleged that Chatterjee published fake news against Rakesh, and demanded Rs 11 lakh to take it down. Reportedly, Rakesh paid Rs 6 lakh, but threatening continued.