NMCH senior doctor goes missing, family lodges kidnapping case in Patna

Patna: In a missing case reported from the city, a prominent doctor associated with the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) Patna has been missing since Wednesday evening and his family members suspect he has been kidnapped, but no ransom call has been received yet. 

The missing doctor, Head of Department (HOD) of the Pharmacology Department of Nalanda Medical College (NMCH), informed his wife, an English professor in a degree college, that he is going to Muzaffarpur for some work. She had contacted him over the phone at 7.42 pm on Wednesday and he said that his car was stuck in a traffic jam on the Gandhi Setu. After that call, she tried to contact him several times but he was not picking up his phone.

"Since he was not picking the phone, I informed my elder daughter, a UP cadre IAS officer and her husband, ADGP, Law and Order, of UP Police about him being missing, " she said in a statement to the Patna police.

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"I also informed Patna police and lodged a missing complaint at Patrakar Nagar police station in Patna. My husband neither reached Muzaffarpur nor returned home to Patna, " she said.

During the investigation, Patna police managed to trace his locked car from Gandhi Setu at pillar number 46. When it was opened with another key, his two mobile phones were found inside, but he was missing.

"It is a case of missing prima facie.. we are scanning the CDR of his mobile phones and also searching the CCTV cameras. The investigation is underway and we will soon crack this case, " said an officer of Patna police.

The Indian Medical Association has also raised concerns over the incident. It has asked Patna police to trace the missing doctor. Former IMA president Dr Sahajanand Prasad Singh expressed grief and anger over the non-recovery of the missing doctor.

Dr Bimal Karak, a former medical superintendent of Patna Medical College and Hospital, told The Indian Express, “The incident is very shocking. The family suspects kidnapping.”

Secretariat superintendent of police Kamya Mishra, however, told reporters, “The doctor’s vehicle was found at Mahatma Gandhi Setu. It is premature to say if it is kidnapping or anything else… The family has not received any ransom call.”

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