India: Girl fakes own kidnapping to demand ransom money from parents to travel abroad

A distraught father in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh called up cops to complain that kidnappers were demanding millions of rupees to free his daughter. Turns out, she had faked it all.

In the police complaint, the man had said that he was sent pictures of his 21-year-old daughter, in which her hands and feet were tied. The kidnappers were demanding a ransom ofof Rs 3 million, he added.

His daughter had been admitted to a coaching institute in Kota city in the northern state of Rajasthan.

After probing the case, the Kota police found that nobody committed any crime against her and that the kidnapping was faked by her.

"In the investigation so far, evidence shows that no crime has been committed against the girl and no kidnapping has taken place. From the evidence found so far, the incident appears to be false," said Kota Superintendent of Police Amrita Duhan.

Duhan added that the teams of police were formed after they received the information about the girl's kidnapping.

The father had filed a police complaint in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh on March 18.

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During the investigation, police discovered that the girl was living with two friends in Indore, which was 400 kilometres away from where her parents had been living.

Then, the police traced one of her friends who informed them that the girl and her friend wished to go abroad.

She added that she would not be able to study in India and needed money to study abroad.

It was also revealed that the girl's location was not traced for the last 6-7 months in Kota, and she had not been admitted to any coaching institute or hostel in the city.

Last year on August 3, the mother of the girl had enrolled her in a coaching institute and had stayed in the city till August 5 after which she went back to Indore, Madhya Pradesh, said the police.

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To bluff her parents and make them believe she is attending classes at the institute, the girl used a different number to send messages about her performance on tests.

The girl went a step ahead and further faked her kidnapping.

She took help from her friend and clicked her pictures, with hands and feet tied, at their Indore flat.

She then sent the images to her father and demanded a ransom of Rs 3 million.

"I request her to come back home and go to the nearest police station for help," Duhan said.

(With inputs from agencies)