Hyderabad, April 25 -- A journalist from Hyderabad was on Thursday, April 24 booked for extortion and blackmail.

The accused identified as Menam Shyam is reportedly employed at Q-News owned by Congress MLC Teen Maar Mallanna.

The complainant, Laxmi Kantha Rao Thota filed a complaint with the Rajendranagar police stating that on April 15, Shyam contacted him, introduced himself as a journalist from the Praja Voice news channel and sought an appointment.

Later that evening, at around 7.30 pm, Shyam and his associates met the complainant in MLA Quarters in Hyderguda.

Shyam allegedly claimed to possess sensitive information provided by one Nirupa Anil Kumar Dadania and demanded Rs 5 crore for not making the content public.

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