Deep in love, teen girl 'kidnaps' self with boyfriend's help to extract Rs 1 crore from father

Agra: In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old girl has been arrested for allegedly planning her own abduction drama with her boyfriend's help and then demanding Rs 1 crore as ransom money in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

The incident happened in the district's Nagla Bhajna village under the territorial jurisdiction of Maehara Police. The police said that the girl went missing on Thursday night. Then, posing as a kidnapper, she made several calls in Haryanavi tone to her parents and demanded ransom. Subsequently, her anxious family sought police help.

Police grow suspicious due to nature of ransom calls

Police immediately swung into action and launched a search for the "abducted girl", thinking involvement of some professional kidnapper in the case.

However, while investigating, the police officials sensed that something was amiss due to "continuous negotiations and long-hour calls" by the kidnapper. Therefore, they placed the girl's mobile number, which she had taken along, on surveillance and tracked her.

"It was later found out that she was using her phone for a ransom call. On Saturday, she was found just a couple of hundred meters from her home," a report by The Times of India quoted Rahul Kumar, Superintendent of Police (crime), Etah.

Girl hatches abduction plan to extort money

The girl and her boyfriend are neighbours. They have been in a relationship for around two years, as opposed to the wishes of the girl's family. Recently, the girl came to know that her family is planning to open a school with an investment of Rs 1 crore. So, she, along with her boyfriend, plotted to extort money and elope.

She has been detained for police interrogation, while her boyfriend managed to escape from the spot. Police efforts are underway to nab him. The SP said that an FIR would be registered once police find out the event's sequence.