A 21-year-old woman, suspected by her parents of being kidnapped for a Rs 30 lakh ransom, turns out to have reportedly been faking her abduction to gather funds to travel abroad, police said on Wednesday.
The woman, identified as Kavya, remains elusive as of now. Her time spent in Kota last year was merely three days, where she was supposed to be attending coaching classes while residing in a hostel arranged by her mother.
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According to Kota police, Kavya had been misleading her parents by sending them fake pictures and messages, creating the illusion that she was still in the coaching hub of Rajasthan.
The situation took a drastic turn when her parents, residing in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, received a ransom demand of Rs 30 lakh along with images showing their daughter seemingly tied up.
Concerned, Kavya’s father, Raghuveer Dhakad, filed a complaint with Kota police on March 18, alleging her kidnapping. Based on the complaint, police started investigating the matter, upon which they discovered Kavya’s last whereabouts were reported in Indore on Tuesday evening.
According to Kota Superintendent of Police Amrita Duhan, Kavya stayed in a hostel in Kota for three days and after her mother left her there she moved to Indore and has been living there ever since with her two male friends, she said.
The woman deceived her parents by sending them messages about class tests and her attendance in classes, purportedly from the coaching institute, stated the SP.
A friend cooperating with the police said that Kavya and another friend believed to be with her presently, aimed to escape abroad but lacked sufficient money. So, they faked the kidnapping to ask for ransom.
Kavya set up the fake kidnapping photos in a friend’s room, as stated by the police. They also revealed that Kavya and her friends switched off their phones. They had previously studied in Indore and had intentions to pursue studies abroad.
Initially, during the investigation, police found no enrollment records of the woman in the institute or the hostel mentioned by her father, as per Circle Inspector Satish Chaudhary’s statement to PTI.
The true circumstances will only become clear after the woman is found. Based on current leads, police found no evidence of abduction, with Kavya and her friends travelling to Jaipur on March 18, according to SP Duhan.