Four held for trying to blackmail extort money from Kashmiri doctor in Kolkata

Kolkata | Tuesday | 10th December, 2019

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Kolkata: Four persons have been arrested here for allegedly trying to blackmail and extort money from a Kashmiri doctor practising in the city, a senior police officer said on Monday. After reaching the woman's house, the doctor started checking her previous prescriptions but she suddenly embraced him, the officer said. The victim requested the men to accompany him to his house as he was not carrying such a large amount of money, the officer said. On reaching there, the doctor took Rs 5,15,000 and his wife's jewellery worth around Rs 5 lakh to handover to the two men, but also managed to inform the police, the officer said. All the four accused have been granted bail, the officer said, adding that an investigation into the matter was on..