New Delhi: If you want to see your son alive, arrange Rs 5 lakh by tomorrow (Apne bache ko jinda dekhna hai toh kal tak panch lakh rupey ka intzaam karke rakh), was the terse message the father of a Delhi IIT passout Ankit Gupta, age 24, received on his mobile at around 8 p.m. on Sunday in Budh Vihar, Rohini.

The complainant told police that his younger son Ankit Gupta had gone to the Canara Bank ATM at about 6 p.m. and had not returned. His mobile phone was also not reachable. At 8 p.m. he received a message from his son Ankit's mobile in which he was directed to arrange Rs 5 lakh by tomorrow if he wanted to see his son alive. He had reported the matter to the Police Control Room.