Youngster demanded Rs 50 lakh from doctor and threatened to kill him, arrested
Cuttack: 29 years old youngster had been arrested on the charges of demanding a ransom of Rs 50 Lakh from a medical Doctor and issuing a threat to kill him if he fails to do so. He also claimed himself to be a Naxal and tried to extort the ransom amount from Dr. Shami Salim by threatening him to kidnap his family members.
The accused had been identified as Emroz Ansari alias Imran (29), is from Chaibosa district of the neighboring state.
Investigating officer ACP Tapas Pradhan told odishatv that he found a similar case where Imran made a threat call and demanded Rs 50 lakh from Niral Purty, an MLA from Majgaon constituency in Jharkhand. The police reached Barbil in Odisha on his trail, however they failed to track him down.
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