A lady teacher in the district here was threatened to give Rs60,000 as extortion sum or find her house set on fire. A poster threatening her to pay the sum of money was found pasted on the wall of her house at Bansikar village. On being informed, the local police have registered a case and are carrying out an investigation.
Sources said the lady teacher teaches in a school at Sagjor village in the district. On October 30, after her school duty was over, she along with her husband was going to her house in a motor bike when an unidentified youth whose mouth was covered in a black cloth and who held a pistol, intercepted them. However, the couple managed to flee from there.
Thereafter on November 6 late night, one poster was seen on the wall of her house. She was told to give Rs60,000 and keep the cash beneath an Asan tree on the Rohinitoli-Tangarbahal road at 9.45 am. She was threatened that in case of lapses, her house would be set on fire.
After seeing the poster, the teacher and her family were frightened and initially did not dare to lodge a complaint with the police. But when the villagers insisted that she should seek police help, the couple went to the Bargaon police station and filed an FIR on Wednesday.