Priest held for trying to extort money from Andhra minister
Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday arrested a priest for attempting to extort money from the state's Textiles Minister Atchannaidu Kinjarapu. The priest, posing as a Maoist, made hoax calls giving death threats to Kinjarapu and even stuffed detonators in a vehicle near the minister's village. The priest later offered to organise prayers to ward off the threat to his life.