Police are on the lookout for six persons who posed as Income Tax officials and took ₹30,000 from a leading doctor here on Monday.
Police said the six persons entered the house of M. Ramalakshmi (73), one of the leading gynaecologists of the city, at Udaiyarpatti near Tirunelveli Junction on Monday morning and asked her to show them the records and accounts pertaining to income tax paid for last fiscal and other property documents.
When Dr. Ramalakshmi replied them that the accounts and records were with his son Manickavasagam, also a doctor, they asked her to give them ₹1 lakh as bribe for not taking action against her. As she said that she had only ₹30,000, they took the money from her and escaped.
Only after Dr. Manickavasagam came to the house, Dr. Ramalakshmi realised that she had been duped.
Based on a complaint from her, the Thatchanallur police have registered a case.
