Thane: Rs 48,000 Extorted From Man in Wagle Estate Area; Three Unidentified Persons Booked
The accused drove the auto-rickshaw to an isolated place where they closed the man's eyes with a piece of cloth and snatched Rs 8,000 from him. They also forced him to transfer Rs 40,000 from his bank account to their account, the police said.
Thane, November 23: Police have registered a case against three unidentified persons for allegedly abducting a 27-year-old man who worked in a fabrication unit in Maharashtra's Thane city and extorting Rs 48,000 from him, an official said on Thursday. The man was standing near a hotel in Wagle Estate area here on November 20 evening when the trio approached him. Maharashtra Shocker: 17-Year Old Boy Stripped Nude in Thane, Forced To Go on Road and Assaulted With Belts for Not Repaying Rs 300 Loan (Watch Video).
They accused the man of eve-teasing and then forcibly took him away in an auto-rickshaw, the official from Wagle Estate police station said quoting the complaint. The accused drove the auto-rickshaw to an isolated place where they closed the man's eyes with a piece of cloth and snatched Rs 8,000 from him. They also forced him to transfer Rs 40,000 from his bank account to their account, the police said. Thane Stripping Case: Minor Boy Stripped Nude, Beaten for ‘Rs 300-Loan’ in Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s Hometown; One Arrested (Watch Video).
The accused later pushed the man out of the auto-rickshaw near Nitin Company junction in the city, the complainant alleged. Based on the complaint, the police on Wednesday registered a case against the unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code sections 386 (extortion), 364A (kidnapping for ransom), 392 (robbery) and 34 (common intention) and a probe was on into it, the official said.