Criminals demand extortion money from Gopalganj doctor

PATNA: Panic gripped the family members of a noted doctor in Gopalganj district following indiscriminate firing near his clinic-cum-residence late Sunday night. The criminals also left a handwritten letter demanding extortion money.
Police said two bike-borne criminals reached the clinic of Dr A K Sharma near Lakdi Mor under Uchkagaon police station around 10.30pm and fired at least three rounds in the air to terrorize the doctor and his family.They, in the letter left there, threatened the doctor to eliminate him and his family members if the money was not paid to them. However, the amount is not mentioned in the letter. The criminals were in the age group of 20 and 25 years.
Gopalganj SP Manoj Tiwari said the incident was captured in the CCTV camera installed at the doctor’s house. “Efforts are on to ascertain the identity of the extortionists. A special police team has been set up to arrest the criminals,” he said.
The doctor, however, refused to make any comment. “Kindly talk to the senior police officers on the issue,” he told some local media persons. The police on Monday obtained the CCTV footage of the crime and initiated investigation.
About two weeks ago, a gang of armed criminals had opened fire at the shop of a grocer at Jadopatti for his failure to pay extortion money. The police have, however, failed to make any breakthrough in both the cases so far.