The police detained the teenager from the Jaipur Junction station (Representational)
Kota:
A primary-year pupil allegedly faked his kidnapping and despatched images of him tied up and gagged to his mother and father, demanding Rs 2 lakh as ransom, the police in Rajasthan’s Kota mentioned on Thursday.
Bhojraj Gochar, a resident of Jagpura, filed a lacking individual’s report, claiming his 18-year-old son Suraj Gochar, who left residence on Tuesday, didn’t return, Superintendent of Police (SP) Amrita Duhan mentioned.
A workforce was fashioned below Deputy Superintendent of Police Manish Sharma to rescue the teenager, she mentioned.
Throughout investigations, Bhojraj Gochar advised the police that he obtained a ransom demand of Rs 2 lakh on WhatsApp. {A photograph} of his son along with his palms tied and mouth gagged was additionally despatched to him from his son’s cellphone, Ms Duhan mentioned.
Based mostly on the enter and technical investigation, the police detained Suraj Gochar from the Jaipur Junction station this night, she mentioned.
The teenager hatched the plot after watching a tv sequence to recoup the Rs 40,000 he had misplaced in a web based sport, she mentioned.
Suraj Gochar left residence on the pretext of filling out his admission type and reached Jaipur, the place he took an image of himself tied and gagged in a hostel room utilizing the timer on his cellphone digital camera and despatched it to his father, the police mentioned.
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