The accused is posted in Shakur Basti in Delhi as a superintendent in railways, said ASI Anoop Singh. Police said the accused was “in debt as he had borrowed a lot of money from his relatives” and had “hatched the plan to get money”. On Friday, Raghav registered a complaint at Sahibabad police station stating that his son was kidnapped and that he had received a ransom call of Rs 30 lakh. “There were no signs of abduction,” said the officer.“The probe revealed that the accused had borrowed Rs 30 lakh from his relatives for the construction of his house in Delhi,” he added. An FIR under appropriate IPC sections will be lodged against them for misguiding police and legal action will be initiated, police said.

Source: Indian Express August 20, 2017 00:11 UTC