GUJRAT: Police claimed on Thursday to have recovered a 15-year-old grade-IX student who was found involved in staging his own kidnapping for a Rs0.5 million ransom in a bid to avoid going to academy for studies.
Gujrat DPO Umar Salamat told Dawn that one Asif Beig of Ali Chak had informed the Lalamusa Saddar police on Wednesday that his son Zainul Abedin had gone to attend tuition but did not return home. During a search, the boy’s school bag was found.
The DPO said a small paper of writing was also found from the bag in which a message was delivered to the parents to pay a ransom of Rs0.5m for the safe recovery of their son after which the police had lodged a case of kidnapping against unidentified suspects.