Summary:
When he entered the parlour, three persons — Muragesh Ullagaddi, Vitthal Vaddar and Lingaraj Yammannavar — entered the room. She later asked Patil to come to the house of her friend Savita Adavi, who runs a beauty parlour in the front portion of the house. Besides collecting Rs 22,000, the four allegedly snatched the jewellery that Patil was wearing.When they called Patil demanding Rs 2 lakh on January 22, he filed a complaint at Indi police station under sections 392 and 506, and sub-section 234 of IPC. Police trapped the three when they came to collect the money on January 23.The district police team comprising the SP, DSP (Indi division) M B Sankad, Indi circle CPI H M Patel and PSI Ravi Yadavannavar have launched a manhunt to trace the other accused, Lingaraj of Vijayapura.Three of those arrested have been sent in judicial custody till February 6. Claiming themselves to be journalists, the trio said they have videographed the goings on in the parlour, and would hand over the clips to mediapersons if he did not pay them Rs 20 lakh.Patil negotiated the amount with the “journalists” and agreed to pay Rs 2 lakh.He later withdrew Rs 12,000 and Rs 10,000 from two ATMs..