A 22-year-old man staged his own kidnapping to extort money from his father. He needed funds to repay a loan, which he incurred to get a mobile phone for his girlfriend in Ulhasnagar.

Posing as a kidnapper, the man called his father and said that his son has been kidnapped. If they want to see him alive, he must pay Rs 2 lakh. Aggrieved father immediately called his brother who works in Ulhasnagar and registered complaint in Central Police station. The investigation busted the kidnapping plot and arrested the man from Raichur.