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Karnataka Man Allegedly Stages Kidnapping To Demand ₹90 Lakh
Police say a man named Manish pretended that someone had kidnapped him.
He and two other men allegedly asked his father for ₹90 lakh.
Manish first told his father that he was travelling to Gadag for a money-related transaction.
The next day, the father received a call saying Manish had been kidnapped.
The father contacted the police.
Police followed phone signals and found Manish in a room in Hassan district.
He was reportedly sleeping there with the two alleged helpers.
Police say he wanted money because he had lost money in a business deal and needed to repay loans.
Manish allegedly staged his own kidnapping and demanded ₹90 lakh from his father, Manohar Patel.
Two associates allegedly called Manohar using Manish’s number and claimed his son had been kidnapped.
Police traced a second phone number to a room in Hassan district, where they found Manish sleeping with two men.
Police said Manish created the plan after losing money in a business transaction and needing funds to repay loans.
Manish and the two associates were arrested and remanded in judicial custody at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison.
- Who
- Manish allegedly organized the staged kidnapping with two associates and targeted his father, Manohar Patel.
- What
- A purported kidnapping-for-ransom demand of ₹90 lakh was allegedly fabricated by Manish.
- Where
- The phone was traced to a room in Hassan district, Karnataka; Manish had said he was travelling to Gadag district.
- When
- The alleged calls occurred after Manish said he was travelling by train and would call the following morning; no exact date is provided.
- Why
- Police said Manish needed money after losing funds in a business transaction and wanted to repay loans.
Key facts
- Main accused
- Manish
- Targeted parent
- Manohar Patel, 62
- Demanded ransom
- ₹90 lakh
- Number of alleged associates
- Two
- Police finding
- Manish was found sleeping in a room in Hassan district
- Legal status
- All three accused were arrested and remanded in judicial custody
- Custody location
- Parappana Agrahara Central Prison
Quotes
Yathish
Deputy Commissioner of Police, West Division
“This was not an actual kidnapping for ransom, but a plan hatched by the person who claimed to have been kidnapped because he was in need of some money, and since his father was not giving him the money which he required, he made this whole plan of being kidnapped to demand money from his parents”
NDTV
“He had lost some money in another business transaction and he wanted to repay his loans, so therefore he wanted to get money from his father. That is why he hatched this plan”
NDTV
Sources
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