Mysore/Mysuru: Five persons, said to be from a YouTube News Channel, who tried to blackmail a person, was caught by the public and handed over to the Police. The incident took place on Ashoka Road in city on June 25 afternoon.
Those arrested are Abhilash, Mani, Pradeep, Basavaraju and Naveen Kumar, all said to be from Karnataka Public Voice News Channel (KPV News). On June 25 afternoon, all the five accused, who came in a Tata Indica car (KA-18-B-7037) to the house of one Umar Shariff on Ashoka Road, tried to barge into the house along with cameras but were stopped from entering the house by Shariff.
