Mohali, May 27 -- Four armed robbers abducted a man and forced him to digitally transfer Rs.34,000 to his bank account, before making off with his motorcycle, mobile phone and gold chain in Zirakpur on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.

The victim, Manish Kumar, told police that he works at a private company in Zirakpur.

Around midnight, he was returning home from work on his motorcycle. As he reached the road leading to High Ground Nabha, four men in a black Honda car intercepted him and forced him into their car.

They immediately started assaulting him and held a knife to his neck. The robbers then forced him to transfer Rs.34,000 to their bank account via UPI. They further demanded that he arrange another Rs.50,000. When he...