Five men got out of it and took him by force into the car. He was beaten up and warned to stay away from the girl. Later, Rajkumaran was thrown out of the vehicle, while his two-wheeler and mobile phone were taken away by the gang, police said.

After launching an investigation, the Arumbakkam police zeroed in on G Chandrasekar (33), M Karthikeyan (25), M Lalith Aditya (21), V Dhivakar (21), and J Augustine (21), who are residents of Chennai. Rajkumaran’s mobile phone, two-wheeler, and seven other phones and `29,000 cash were recovered from them. They were remanded in prison.

Further investigation is under way to find out who hired the gang to threaten Rajkumaran.

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