Ludhiana, July 17 -- The Model Town police have booked a BJP member, Gurvir Singh Garcha, for allegedly threatening and blackmailing a local web channel owner in connection with a controversial video involving senior police officers, including women personnel. The accused also allegedly tried to coerce the channel owner into making the videos viral and threatened to defame him by circulating an old video of him firing a gun.

The FIR was registered on the complaint of channel owner Sushil Machan, a resident of Harkrishan Nagar, Shimlapuri. According to Machan, he and Garcha were acquaintances and would often meet at Garcha's farmhouse on Pakhowal Road. During one such meeting about two years ago, Garcha reportedly fired shots into the air...