Dhanbad police arrest News 11 owner on ‘extortion’ charges

The channel head of electronic news channel News 11 Bharat Arup Chatterjee has been arrested and sent to jail on Sunday. Chatterjee was produced at residential office of Dhanbad CJM on Sunday after was brought here by police following his arrest on late Saturday night from his Ranchi residence .

He was produced before the Dhanbad magistrate on July 17 at around 11 am. The magistrate ordered that Chatterjee be sent to jail. Sources have claimed that a coal trader from Dhanbad had filed a case against Chatterjee in Govindpur police station for demanding extortion.