Jamshedpur ENT specialist escapes kidnap bid, Two arrested

Jamshedpur: An ENT specialist in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur city, reportedly escaped a kidnapping attempt on Wednesday. Two unidentified men were caught when they were allegedly trying to kidnap a doctor at gunpoint.

The incident happened on Tuesday night when doctor Bimarjeet Pradhan, an ENT specialist, was walking to his car after attending a patient near Golmuri Market, police said.

A country-made pistol and two live cartridges of 8 mm bore were recovered from the accused — identified as Ashok Kumar Singh and Ravi Shankar Singh, both natives of Begusarai in Bihar but living in the city at present, he said.

A case was registered under the Arms Act and IPC sections 364 (kidnapping) and 307 (attempt to murder), among others, he added.

The local chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) condemned the incident and demanded stringent action against the accused.

It also demanded adequate security for doctors in the city.

Health Minister Banna enquired about the incident and asked police to take stringent action, an IMA functionary said.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in a scene straight out of a thriller movie, a government doctor was allegedly kidnapped and later extorted of Rs 10 lakh by a couple who called him into their house for a check-up by pretending to be sick. The police arrested four persons including a woman under sections 342 (Punishment for wrongful confinement), 365 (Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person), 385 (Putting person in fear of injury to commit extor­tion), 386 (Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt), 387, 389, 394 (Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) and 120-B (Punishment of criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on the doctor's statement who filed a complaint immediately after being released by the accused.