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.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.On his day off, Roy left home around 8pm to buy dinner from a roadside food stall on Bettadasanapura Main Road. After collecting his parcel, he started walking back when he noticed a man standing beside a scooter and staring at him. Another miscreant approached him from behind, covered his mouth with a piece of cloth and rendered him unconscious.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 transferred Rs 17,500 from my account and then demanded that I contact my friends and relatives to arrange more money. They threatened me with a knife. I told them I didn’t have any friends. They checked my recent call logs and called one of them. They forced me to make up an emergency and borrow money,” Roy told TOI.Under duress, Roy contacted his friends and family and arranged additional funds totalling Rs 20,000.Roy described the four miscreants as being between 20 and 25. One understood Bengali, while the other three spoke Kannada. After robbing him, they escorted him for a short distance before asking him to leave.Roy walked along a mud road and came across a temple. He eventually reached Bettadasanapura Main Road, where he sought a lift from a food delivery agent. He returned to his room around 10.50pm and used his iPhone, which he had left at home, to call his friend Gopal and recount the ordeal.His roommates rushed to the house and took him to a hospital for treatment. Roy was discharged Thursday evening.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). A senior officer said CCTV footage was being checked and efforts were underway to nab the culprits.
