Coimbatore: Police solved an extortion case within hours after the incident was reported at Brindhavan Nagar near the city airport on Saturday, by arresting two men, who took away Rs 1,300 from a 36-year-old man after threatening him at gunpoint.
A police officer said the incident occurred around 11am when B Nagarajan, a resident of Sowripalayam, was walking to his relative’s house at SIHS Colony.
“Two men waylaid him at Brindhavan Nagar and asked him to handover all the cash to them by pointing a gun to his chest and a knife to his stomach. When he refused, they threatened to murder him and took Rs 1,300 away from his pockets.”
While passers-by attempted to nab the duo hearing Nagarajan cry for help, the officer said, the two managed to flee by threatening them with the weapons.
Nagarajan lodged a complaint with the Peelamedu police, who registered a case under sections 387 (extortion) and 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 25(1B) (A) of the Arms Act, 1959, and arrested S Ravi alias Viyasarpadi Ravi, 33, a resident of Peelamedu, and S Logeshwaran, 23, a resident of Udayampalayam, the same evening.
“We have recovered the stolen money and seized an air pistol and two knives from them. They were produced before the judicial magistrate and lodged in jail under judicial custody,” the officer said.
In another incident, unidentified person(s) broke into a house at Kumaran Nagar at Saravanampatti on Saturday night and decamped with gold ornaments weighing six sovereigns.
According to police, the house was burgled when its owner Ganesan had gone to visit his relatives in Pudukottai district along with his family members on Saturday.
“On Sunday morning, neighbours found that the front door of his house was broken open and alerted him. Ganesan returned home, only to find gold ornaments were missing.” Based on his complaint, the Saravanampatti police have registered a case and launched a probe.