Coimbatore Man Robbed of Rs 99,000 via GPay at Knifepoint, Four Held

Coimbatore: Four men have been arrested in Coimbatore for allegedly extorting Rs 99,000 from a 36-year-old man at knifepoint in Vadavalli. According to the complaint, the victim, Chinnakaruppusamy, resides in the Marudamalai Main Road area of Coimbatore. He was reportedly acquainted with 22-year-old Kaviarasan of Sivaganga district. On the day of the incident, Kaviarasan took Chinnakaruppusamy to a house on a street in VNR Nagar, Vadavalli, where Vinothkumar, 32, Muthukumar, 23, and Mukeshkumar, 20, were already present. The four men allegedly surrounded Chinnakaruppusamy, threatened him with a knife and demanded money. They then allegedly forcibly took his mobile phone and transferred Rs 99,000 through the GPay application to a bank account before fleeing the spot. Following the complaint, Vadavalli Crime Branch Police registered a case under 308(2) BNS and launched an investigation. After a search, police arrested Kaviarasan, Vinothkumar, Muthukumar and Mukeshkumar, who were subsequently remanded in judicial custody.