Muzaffarpur district bank employee gets extortion threat

PATNA: A bank employee in Muzaffarpur district has lodged a complaint with police, alleging that he received a threat letter from a criminal lodged in prison at Bettiah and asked to pay Rs 20 lakh as extortion.
SHO of Kanti police station Kundan Kumar said the employee of Paharpur branch of Bank of Baroda alleged that he had received the letter via speed post at the bank and an FIR in this connection was lodged on December 29.
“We are investigating the matter from several angles. It is still not clear whether the letter was sent by the criminal or anti-social elements,” he said.
Meanwhile, the bank employee, told TOI that his family members are worried for him. “I am receiving continuous calls from family members,” he said, adding the letter addressed to ‘branch manager’ was received on December 22 and the stamp on the letter showed that it was posted from MIT in Muzaffarpur.
“The letter was sent by a criminal, Shibu Miyan. I had never been posted to Bettiah or any other location in Bihar. Muzaffarpur is my first posting,” he added.