PUNE: Three persons thrashed and robbed a 38-year-old man of worth Rs82,000, around 11pm on Wednesday near Dukkar Khind along the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass.
The suspects took away the victim’s debit card and its PIN. They transferred Rs20,000 online using his debit card on Thursday. The victim, an employee of Bhugaon gram panchayat, on Thursday filed a complaint with the Warje Malwadi police.
“When he reached near the Dukkar Khind, he stopped his scooter along the bypass to answer nature’s call,” said senior inspector Shankar Khatke of the Warje Malwadi police.
He said three men approached him and threatened him with a sharp weapon. “They snatched his smartphone, Rs2,000 from his wallet and his gold ring. They also took away his debit card and forced him to share the PIN,” Khatke said.
The officer said the suspects then threatened the complainant and told him not to disclose anything about the incident. They removed the ignition key from the victim’s scooter and threw it away before fleeing. “The complainant traced the key and went home,” Khatke said.
On Thursday morning, the suspect received an SMS alert from his bank stating that Rs20,000 was transferred from his bank account to some other account.
The Pimpri Chinchwad police have taken three men into custody, suspecting their involvement in the robbery on Tuesday near Sutarwadi and also on Wednesday at Warje Malwadi.
