Mumbai, May 11 -- Jogeshwari police booked four persons, including a woman, on Saturday for extortion after they allegedly demanded Rs.15 lakh as 'protection money' from a medical officer at the civic Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari East. The accused attempted to blackmail the complainant, Dr Prakash Umaji Pawar, 45, a Borivali West resident, using a video that allegedly showed him working at a private setup, which is prohibited for a government doctor. The accused threatened to make the video viral if the victim did not pay. In his police complaint, Pawar stated that the pertinent video dates back to April 8, 2026. At that time, he was at a cafe in Malad West, uploading fitness certificate information for Hajj pilgrims' vaccinations onto a designated portal after his office hours. The hospital administration appointed him as the Nodal Officer for the Hajj portal. According to him, someone secretly recorded the video. According to the police, a group of three men and a woman first barraged Pawar with calls from an unknown number for several days. Later, around 12:30 pm on May 6, Pawar was working at the hospital when a person masquerading as a patient first asked his name and then showed him the video on a mobile phone. He then took the doctor aside and demanded payment, threatening to make the video viral. Half an hour later, the same person returned to the hospital and, in front of the doctor's colleagues, brazenly demanded a sum of Rs.15 lakh within an hour. "Based on the doctor's complaint, we registered an FIR on Saturday," said an officer from the Jogeshwari police station. The police registered the case against "four unidentified individuals" under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections pertaining to extortion, criminal intimidation, and blackmail. They are currently scrutinising CCTV footage from the hospital and surrounding areas, and caller details of the unknown number used in the crime, to trace the accused....