A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as a Lokayukta officer and attempting to extort money through WhatsApp in Karnataka, the Ullal police confirmed on Monday. The accused, identified as Dhananjaya Reddy Thota, reportedly called a panchayat officer named Purushottam and introduced himself as a Lokayukta official. “Tracing the call led us to Andhra Pradesh, where we arrested the …