Ahmedabad : A 30-year-old man travelling to his native place in Madhya Pradesh for Diwali was allegedly robbed, assaulted and briefly held captive by three men posing as an autorickshaw driver and passengers after he boarded their vehicle near Sarangpur on Wednesday evening.
The victim, who works with a private company on Sarkhej-Bavla Road and stays in a paying guest accommodation in Bavla, filed a complaint with Kalupur police on Thursday.
The accused allegedly took Rs 1,000 in cash, forced him to transfer Rs 3,330 through Google Pay and snatched his mobile phone before abandoning him on a deserted road. They also threatened him and demanded Rs 50,000 from his family for his release. The accused allegedly drove him to an isolated location, assaulted him again, and forced him to call his parents and brother, demanding Rs 50,000. When the family did not transfer the money, they took away his Vivo mobile phone worth around Rs 8,000 and abandoned him on the roadside at about 7.45pm.
Police have registered a case and launched an investigation. The victim later borrowed a phone from a passerby, contacted his father and approached Kalupur police with the help of an acquaintance.