Coimbatore: The Singanallur police team on Monday evening arrested 2 youths for extorting money from a software engineer at knifepoint.The arrested people were identified as A Abbas, 19, of Karunanidhi Nagar at SIHS Colony and M Ashok, 23, of Bharathi Nagar. Police seized a knife from the duo.Police said 35-year-old Venkatesh, a native of Theni district, was working in an IT firm in Chennai. A couple of days back, he came to Coimbatore city to attend an interview in Lakshmi Mills area. After the interview, he was going to Singanallur bus stand to board a bus to Theni district.While he was going to the bus stand’s backside around 10:30am to attend nature’s call, the duo threatened him with knifepoint, snatched Rs 200 and forcibly took him on a motorcycle for extortion.Singanallur police team, who were conducting their regular vehicle check, stopped the motorcycle. Immediately, Venkatesh told the team that he was kidnapped by the duo at knifepoint for extortion.Subsequently, the police took the duo to Singanallur police station. After grilling them for a while, the duo confessed to the crime. They were arrested and remanded in judicial custody.

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