Gujarat: Five fake scribes arrested for blackmailing doctor

Rajkot: Five fraudsters posing as scribes were arrested for allegedly blackmailing a doctor in Savarkundala of Amreli district on Sunday.
Police said the accused tried to extort Rs 50,000 from Dr Rajesh Nakrani, who has a degree of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery.
“The accused, Arman Dhanani, Anwarkhan Pathan, Hanif Karjala, Ashok Rawaldev and their unidentified aide, accused Dr Nakrani of practising as a quack and demanded money from him on July 2.The accused had donned the garbs of TV reporters with booms and cameras and ID cards of a fake TV channel,” said an official from Savarkundala taluka police station.
“The accused asked Dr Nakrani whether he had permission from the government to run the clinic. Then they started accusing Dr Nakrani of having a bogus degree and extorted money from him,” added the official.