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Minister's 'Sex CD' storms Chhattisgarh politics

A senior journalist, Vinod Verma, was arrested here early on Friday on charges of extortion after claiming to have a "sex CD" of a BJP leader in Chhattisgarh.

Vinod Verma, Former BBC journalist, extortion charges
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Vinod Verma. Photo: Twitter/@@patrakarvinod

R Krishna Das Raipur
Even as a year is left when Chhattisgarh will go to polls in December 2018, political manoeuvres go in full throttle after a “sex CD (compact disc) of a Chhattisgarh minister” stirred the ruling-opposition relations that hurtle on yet another downhill journey.

Based on a complaint filed by a BJP leader Prakash Bajaj, the Raipur police along with its Ghaziabad counterpart arrested senior journalist Vinod Verma in the wee hours of Friday on charges of extortion and threatening. Verma claimed to have a "sex CD" of a senior Chhattisgarh minister and cited it a reason for his arrest.

The Raipur