Date:07/07/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/07/07/stories/2006070723930300.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Man kidnapped, robbed of cash

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Three men kidnapped a Mumbai-based electrician from the Majestic area in an autorickshaw, took him to Jnana Bharathi campus and robbed him of Rs. 7,000 in cash on Wednesday, the police said.

The police said Manickyam Nair, the electrician, had been to his native place, Palghat in Kerala, for a vacation. On Wednesday, Nair, who came to Bangalore and met his friend Ramesh Narayan, who works in the catering section at Bangalore HAL Airport, went the Majestic area to catch a train to Mumbai. As there were no trains to that city at that time, Nair was on the lookout for bus to Mumbai. Around 7.30 p.m. a man accosted Nair and promised him a bus ticket to Mumbai.

He told Nair that he would take him to his travel agency and made him board an autorickshaw before robbing him of the money. On being informed by a Jnana Bharathi watchman, the night beat policemen took an injured Nair to a hospital.