Pramesh S Jain & Binish Thomas (Sub-Editor)
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19-year-old BBA student was allegedly kidnap , abducted and tortured by a gang for ransom on the pretext of recovering the loan.
Adding to worse the accused stripped him in a hotel and recorded the video using which they blackmailed him to upload on social media if he did not pay the ransom.
Unable to bear their harassment,the victim,informed his parents and later filed a complaint with the city police commissioner before getting the complaint registered in Kengeri police on Saturday.
The victim,said that along with his college he was also into event management.The victim met the accused identified as Ayush Srinath in one of the event and borrowed three lakh to pay to the singer he had hired for an event.
Since the event was cancelled he could not recover the amount following which Srinath started demanding him to repay the money with daily interest of Rs.10,500.
The victim with no option repaid the amount along with the interest. Following which the accused started demanding more money and forced him to pay for online cricket gambling .
When the victim refused the accused forcibly took him to a hotel on Church street and tortured,stripped and recorded video before he was locked in a closet for several hours.
The accused allegedly consumed alcohol and drugs while torturing, the victim said in his complaint,
The victim was released only after he was forced to sign on blank papers and threatened to pay Rs.10 lakh more .
The accused even told the victim that they are supporters of youth congress leader Nalpad and can not be touched, the victim stated in the complaint.
