DULIAJAN, Nov 8: Five men were arrested for allegedly demanding money from a doctor at the NIPCO project hospital in Bakuloni here, police said.
The accused allegedly demanded the doctor's full salary for three months and identified themselves as office-bearers of an organisation called the Scheduled Caste Rights Council, Assam.
The doctor, Dipol Chandra Haloi, told police that unidentified persons had sought money from him over the phone on several occasions. Police arrested the five when they came to collect the money.
The arrested men were identified as Yadav Das of Kukurmara in Kamrup (Rural), Binod Das of Rangdoi Kaivarta village in Jorhat, Ankurdeep Hazarika of Charigaon in Jorhat, Chiranjib Das of JB Road in Jorhat and Rupak Kumar Das of Piyali Phukan Path in Chandmari, Guwahati (Rural).
Haloi lodged an FIR at Duliajan police station. Police registered case No. 220\/2026 and sent the accused to Dibrugarh jail.
