Two web portal journalists have been booked for demanding money in Assam’s Dhemaji district on Saturday.

According to sources, the journalists, identified as Amit Kumbang and Suruj Pandey, had demanded a sum total of Rs. 10,000 from a contractor in Silapathar.

The contractor has lodged a complaint at Simen Chapori Police Station in Dhemaji.

The police have launched a probe into the case.