The complainant was asked to come to a house on New Street in T Nagar around 4 pm. One of the accused led him into a vacant ground-floor house, where two others were waiting. The trio allegedly locked the door, threatened him with a knife, snatched his mobile phone and forced him to transfer Rs 35,000 through GPay to an account before letting him leave.

The victim later informed his brother and lodged a complaint. Accused Sudhakar (19), Sathish (19), and Vigneshwar (27) were arrested, and Rs 21,000 was recovered from them.