Punjagutta Police arrested freelance journalist Munige Mahender, associated with SKS FLY TV, for allegedly attempting to extort Rs 40 lakh from SSL Infra by publishing defamatory videos about its Peacock Avenue project in Vikarabad. Police said Mahender, along with four others from different YouTube channels, created misleading content and threatened the company to remove the videos only if paid.

Hyderabad: The Punjagutta police on Friday arrested a freelance journalist working for a YouTube news channel named ‘SKS FLY TV’ for allegedly threatening and attempting to extort money from a real estate company by publishing defamatory videos.

According to police, the suspect, Munige Mahender (40) from Old Bowenpally, along with four others – Venkatesh, owner of SKS FLY TV, Kiran from Vij

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