Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police have arrested the editor and proprietor of an Odia newspaper for allegedly attempting to extort money and publishing a defamatory news report against the Utkal University vice-chancellor, officials said Wednesday. The accused, Susant Kumar Sahoo (41), was arrested Tuesday following a complaint lodged by the media cell coordinator of Utkal University Monday at Sahid Nagar police station. He was arrested on charges of extortion, criminal intimidation and defamation, ACP, Bhubaneswar (zone-5) Biswaranjan Senapati said. It was alleged that the accused had approached the vice-chancellor of Utkal University seeking the release of official advertisements in favour of his newspaper, he said. It is further alleged that the accused subsequently published a false and defamatory news report against the vice-chancellor in the newspaper July 23.