Hazaribagh civil surgeon gets Maoists threat

The civil surgeon of Hazaribagh Dr Vijay Kumar Prasad has complained that he is getting extortion demands from the Maoists.
    
Binod Ganjhu, who identified himself as a leading member of the CPI (Maoist), is demanding Rs5 lakh as extortion from him, the doctor has complained to the police.
    
Hazaribagh SP Pankaj said that he has taken up the case very seriously and the matter is being investigated.
    
When contacted, the doctor said that after receiving the call on his cell phone, he and his family members got scared and went to the police.
    
Dr Prasad has alleged that ever since he took over as the civil surgeon of Hazaribagh in October last year he found grave financial irregularities in centrally sponsored schemes including NRHM worth over Rs6 crores.
    
He said that he immediately reported the matter to the deputy commissioner of Hazaribagh, as a result of which some doctors had assaulted him inside his official chamber on February 10 this year and since then he was receiving the threatening calls.