JOIN USPolice are investigating the claims of a man that his 21-year-old nephew was abducted by a four-member gang as he came out of an ATM kiosk at Jalahalli Cross, north Bengaluru, during the evening rush hour on Friday.
The complainant, B L Gowda, said he received a call from his nephew, Maruthi, who told him that four men bundled him into a car as he was returning to his home in Anchanapalya.
Maruthi, a machine operator at a private company, had gone into the ATM to withdraw Rs 2,500 as he owed a friend Rs 2,000. Gowda said he immediately rushed to the jurisdictional Peenya police station to file a complaint. While police have registered an FIR, they doubt the incident occurred.
“The complainant says the incident occurred around 8.20 pm amid peak-hour traffic. We reviewed the CCTV footage from two banks, enquired with security guards and roadside vendors but nobody witnessed anything of this sort. Still, a special team has been formed to investigate the matter and trace Maruthi,” a senior police officer said.