BENGALURU: In a shocking incident, a man was allegedly kidnapped, confined and tortured for four days for not paying weekly interest on a loan of Rs 70,000, in Bankapur town of Shiggaon taluk in Haveri district. The victim has been identified as Manikantha Halavalli.
Manikantha was paying Rs 1,500-Rs 2,000 as interest for the Rs 70,000 loan. But due to trouble, he had not paid for some weeks. Enraged by this, the moneylenders kidnapped him and tortured him. They allegedly tied Manikanta to a log, hit him with pipe and stubbed him with cigarette. When he asked for drinking water, they made him drink urine, it is alleged.
The accused were been identified as Manjunath Katti, Naveen Hangal, Ganesh Swadhi and Sunil Katti. A case has been registered against the four absconding accused at the Bankapur police station and the police are on the lookout for them.
