Orthopaedic surgeon gets extortion call, accused arrested

Patna: In another case of rangdari in Bihar, two men- one identifying himself as the son of a late gangster have been arrested recently for allegedly threatening and making extortion calls to a city-based prominent orthopaedic surgeon.

The accused were threatening the doctor for two consecutive days in an attempt to extort money from him. When the doctor refused to give the money, the accused along with his associates went to his clinic and created a ruckus there. 

Following this incident, the doctor filed a complaint at Kankarbagh police station and registered an FIR against the accused. Confirming the case, Bharat Soni, the City SP (East) of Patna said the accused had called Dr ***, who runs a hospital in Kankarbagh locality and is also the national president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

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After arresting the accused, the police recovered an airgun, two mobile phones used for making the calls and a motorbike from the accused and seized them for further investigation. 

The first extortion call was made to the compounder on Tuesday morning who identified himself as the son of the late gangster Bindu Singh. He demanded money from the doctor following which he asked the compounder to relay the message to the doctor. 

"When the compounder showed his inability to pass on the message to the doctor, the accused called again the next day and repeated his demand,” read the complainant. 

'We immediately initiated the investigation on technical as well as manual forms, including scanning the CCTV footage and putting the mobile number on surveillance. We managed to trace the accused. They are identified as Roshan Singh and Abhishek Kumar. We have booked them under the relevant sections of IPC against them,' Soni told IANS.

During the investigation, it appeared that both the accused went to the hospital on a bike to monitor the activities of the victim on Wednesday evening. "We have seized an air gun which is generally used to hunt birds, a bullet bike and two mobile phones from their possessions,' Soni said. The accused also confessed that they were involved in extortion at a local level.

Speaking to TOI, Soni said “Accused Roshan Singh, son of Bindu, and Abhishek, a resident of Salimpur, were arrested from the former’s house in Kankarbagh. Roshan has admitted to his crime. He said his mother was also treated at the doctor's clinic in Kankarbagh. When denied the money, he along with associates, reached Dr Singh's clinic and created a ruckus there. The CCTV camera recorded his presence. However, we are trying to find out how much money was demanded from Dr Singh," the city SP said, adding both the accused have criminal antecedents.

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