Sunday, April 30, 2023

Journalist of Paul Khol channel who made a WhatsApp call to the school administrator and demanded a ransom of 10 lakhs was caught IG News

IG News: Ahmedabad: Sunday, 30 April 2023.
A complaint has been filed against private TV editor Ashish Kanjaria for demanding ransom of 10 lakh rupees from the administrator of a private school in Maninagar. Polkhol is said to be the editor of YouTube channel, president of the parent body and RTI activist since 2017 to the trustees of more than 30 schools in Ahmedabad city and Ahmedabad district through WhatsApp. Kholi TV YouTube channel videos, earlier RTI. By sending applications and messages, he threatened the trustees of the school, asking them to give money if he wanted to run the school, demanding ransom, and threatening to extort money if they refused.
According to the complaint filed by Sanjaysinh Dharampalsingh in the crime branch, education from 9th to 12th is going on in Adunova Science Higher Secondary School in Maninagar. Ashish Kanjaria, the editor of Polkhol TV called me on WhatsApp and said that I have defamed Polkholi through my Polkhol TV by filing RTIs against many schools. I want to meet you in person. Saying that, he used to send messages and YouTube videos related to different schools. After meeting him face to face, he said that I have opened the polls of many schools. You give me ad for my channel. I told him I would have to speak to the other trustees.
When we refused to give the ad, he said that you are running Adunova Science Higher Secondary School illegally and threatened to close the school by demanding Rs 5 lakh. After that, they called to meet face to face and transferred 25 thousand rupees to the bank. He then filed false RTI applications demanding Rs 2.25 lakh more but refusing to give it. To which we have already replied in the DEO office. After that, Ashish Kanjaria demanded 10 lakh rupees if the school is to be continued. The school administrators have also given the recording of the face-to-face meeting to the crime branch. Based on the complaint filed in the crime branch, the police have conducted further investigation. The accused has revealed that many students were given admission with money under the right to education.