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The Banashankari constabulary person arrested 4 men for allegedly abducting a 28-year-old antheral and extorting wealth from him, officials said connected Tuesday.
The accused person been identified arsenic Nihar, a nonmigratory of Bannerghatta, and Santhosh, Madhu and Manjunath, each residents of J.P. Nagar. The constabulary person recovered ₹39,000 from the accused.
According to the police, the incidental took spot connected January 24. Around 6.30 p.m., the accused allegedly kidnapped Nithin Gowda, a nonmigratory of Thyagarajanagar, successful an autorickshaw and took him to a graveyard successful J.P. Nagar.
At the spot, the accused allegedly demanded Gowda’s mobile telephone password. When helium refused, helium was assaulted. The accused past obtained the password from him and transferred ₹47,000 from his slope account. They besides allegedly robbed him of a 29-gram golden chain, valued astatine astir ₹4 lakh.
As per the FIR, the accused aboriginal handed Gowda a achromatic cover, threatened him that it contained drugs, and videographed him. They warned him that if helium approached the police, they would falsely implicate him successful a drug-related case. Gowda was released astir 11.30 p.m.
The constabulary said that Nihar runs a samosa outlet successful Anjanapura, Bannerghatta. Gowda told investigators that helium and Nihar were readying to unfastened a concern outlet unneurotic and had known each different for astir 2 years.
About 20 days anterior to the incident, Gowda lent ₹5,000 to Nihar, which had not been returned. On the time of the incident, Nihar allegedly asked Gowda to travel to Banashankari 2nd Stage connected the pretext of repaying the amount, but alternatively kidnapped and extorted him, the constabulary said.
