PUNE: The Yerawada police are on the hunt for three men after a 36-year-old businessman lodged a complaint that they abducted and assaulted him over a Rs5 lakh loan on Wednesday.
The trio let Vikas Shahji Kamble, a resident of Sakorenagar in Vimannagar, off at Kalas near Dhanori later in the night, following which he approached the Vishrantwadi police station.
“A team of the Vishrantwadi police visited the spot and tried to trace the suspects. The case was transferred to us on Thursday,” An officer from the Yerawada police said.
The officer said Kamble, who runs a telecalling business, borrowed money from the trio last year, which was to be repaid in EMIs.
“Kamble paid EMIs regularly, but wasn’t able to during the lockdown. When he was unable to make the payments even after everything reopened, the suspects got angry,” the officer said.
On Wednesday, the trio called him up at 6pm and asked to meet him near his residence. “They wanted to frighten him into repaying them. The trio bundled him into a car in Sakorenagar, took him to deserted spot in Kalas and they thrashed him with a belt. They left him there and drove away,” an officer said.