In a bizarre development, a doctor in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district has approached the police and sought security cover after an alleged contract killer informed him that he had been asked to eliminate him.
Som Shekhar Dixit, who runs Shekhar hospital at Brij Vihar colony, has lodged an FIR stating that the killer had a change of heart as his life was once saved by him and alerted him about the conspiracy over phone.
The FIR has been registered against one Rajan Sharma (alleged professional killer) and other unidentified people at the Shahjahan Kotwali police station under IPC sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 507 (criminal intimidation).
Shahjahanpur ASP (city) Sudhir Jaiswal said on Friday that the doctor had been provided security cover following the threat.
According to the FIR, Dixit stated that an 18-year-old youth approached him earlier this week and asked him to talk to a person over the phone. The person introduced himself as Rajan Sharma, saying he had been given a Rs 80 lakh contract to eliminate him and he had already taken an advance amount for it, stated the doctor.
“Rajan Sharma decided to alert the doctor about the conspiracy as the latter had saved his life in the past. Sharma also asked the doctor to meet him in Lucknow or Delhi without informing the police,” the police official said.
He said the alleged killer also asked the doctor to help him in disposing of criminal cases lodged against him.
In a bizarre incident, an Uttar Pradesh doctor was alerted by an alleged contract killer about a conspiracy to kill him and was also told that he was ready to reveal the name of the person who had given him 'supari' (contract) to kill him.
The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur town. The doctor, identified as Somshekhar Dixit, a resident of Brij Vihar colony in the town, approached the cops and was provided police security.
According to the police sources here, Dixit had received a call a few days back and was told by someone, who identified himself as Rajan Sharma, that he had been given a 'supari' of Rs 80 lakh to kill him.
''You had once saved my life and therefore I don't want to kill you... I want to tell you the name of the person who has given me the contract to kill you,'' Sharma told Dixit over the phone.
Sources said that Dixit immediately approached the cops and narrated the incident. He also sought security saying that there was a threat to his life, the police officials said on Friday.
''We are trying to trace the person who had called Dixit...separate teams have been formed to track the person and investigate the matter,'' a senior district police official said.
Dixit, however, was unable to recollect if he had ever treated someone by the name of Rajan Sharma.