An attempt to cash in on the distress of a jeweller whose mentally ill brother went missing over two months back landed a 32-year-old from Kurla in jail. Amir Shehzad Sheikh, who was a regular customer at the jeweller's shop, hatched a plan to fake the kidnap of a 39-year-old after learning that he was missing and demanded a ransom of Rs 40 lakh.

On November 5, the missing man, who lived in Kandivli East with his sister, had come to Kurla to meet their elder brother Sunil Jain, 42, and left for home in the evening.