Thane: 5 held for posing as govt officials, threatening doctors

“They are all residents of Navi Mumbai. They had made extortion calls to some doctors. We have booked them for extortion and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code,” an officer said.

The five had allegedly called local doctors claiming that they were doing a survey and would send negative reports about them to the higher authorities, if the money was not paid, sources said. “We are interrogating them to find out if others were involved,” a senior officer said.