Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested two persons, including a local journalist, in an alleged Rs 80 lakh

extortion case involving a Palghar-based stone quarrying business.

The accused journalist, Machhidra Ankush Pashte (42), and Vaibhav Vilas Harad (37) were arrested after allegedly accepting Rs 30 lakh from businessman GirrajAgarwal (62) during a trap laid at a restaurant in Andheri West.