College student extorted at knife point in Coimbatore

The constabulary are connected the lookout for 3 persons, who extorted ₹2,000 and a mobile telephone from a assemblage student, by holding him astatine weapon point, astatine Eachanari adjacent Coimbatore precocious connected Monday.

J. Prince Broona (19) of Panjampatti successful Dindigul district, a 2nd twelvemonth engineering pupil of a backstage college, stated successful his ailment that 3 chartless persons barged into his rented country astatine Eachanari astir 10 p.m.

The strangers, according to the student, held him astatine weapon constituent and extorted ₹2,000 and a mobile telephone from him. The pupil lodged a ailment with the Sundarapuram constabulary connected Tuesday.

The constabulary registered a lawsuit for extortion and launched an investigation.