India, May 11 -- A property dispute that first turned into a case of forgery has now turned into one of kidnap. A 36-year-old man was grabbed from a main road in Borivali, held against his will, beaten and threatened, after he registered a case of forgery and cheating against his uncle in March. The uncle has been charged with forging documents to sell a flat in Charkop that belonged to his nephew.

On Friday, the nephew was on his way to the Dindoshi sessions court, where his uncle was due to appear at an anticipatory bail hearing, when he was grabbed off his scooter and taken to Vasai. There, his uncle and about seven aides allegedly threatened and beat him, demanding that he withdraw the case relating to the flat.

When he agreed, they...