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Bengaluru: Four miscreants abducted a 26-year-old man working at an Electronics City pub, assaulted him, threatened him with a knife and forced him to transfer a total of Rs 37,500 online before robbing him of his mobile phone. The incident occurred between 8.30pm and 10.50pm Tuesday as he was returning home. “They transferred Rs 17,500 from my account and then demanded that I contact my friends and relatives to arrange more money. A case has been registered at Electronics City police station under BNS Sections 140 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom), 309 ( robbery ) and 311 (robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt).
The complainant, Avhishake Roy, told police that he shares a rented house with his friends, Gopal and Shibu, and works at a pub on Neeladri Road. I told them I didn’t have any friends. They forced me to make up an emergency and borrow money,” Roy told TOI . A senior officer said CCTV footage was being checked and efforts were underway to nab the culprits.
When Roy regained consciousness, he found himself in a forest-like area with four miscreants, including the man he had seen near the scooter. They threatened me with a knife. They checked my recent call logs and called one of them.
Under duress, Roy contacted his friends and family and arranged additional funds totalling Rs 20,000.