Wait what? MP woman fakes her own kidnapping to get Rs 30 lakh ransom from father

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. 

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Dandotia said that Kota Police has registered a case regarding the alleged kidnapping of Kavya (21), a resident of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh and the Anti-Crime Branch of Indore Police is cooperating in the investigation. Dandotiya said that the police have found some CCTV footage during the investigation, from which the possibility cannot be ruled out that the girl was in Indore during the alleged kidnapping incident.

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Planned fake kidnapping with her friend

The fake script of kidnapping of the student was prepared by the student's friend. The photographs which were found by the police showed rope and other material and the photographs which were taken of the girl student with her hands and legs tied. It is said to be from the kitchen of the student's friend's room in Indore itself. This claim has been made by Kota Police.
The girl was not in Kota for the last six to seven months and has not taken admission in any coaching institute or hostel in the city. “The girl did not study in any coaching institute nor did she live in any hostel,” the officer said. As far as the messages received by the girl's parents regarding the marks obtained in her examinations are concerned, it appears that they were not sent from any coaching institute.

What's the whole matter? 

According to the information, this entire matter is of Bairad police station area of ​​Shivpuri district.  Kavya Dhakad, daughter of Lord Lakheshwar School director Raghuveer Dhakad, was preparing for NEET in Kota from September 2023. On March 18, Raghuveer suddenly received a message and some pictures in which ransom was demanded. Kavya's father Raghuveer Dhakad lodged a complaint with the Kota police on March 18 that his daughter had been kidnapped. According to Kota Superintendent of Police Amrita Duhan, during investigation the police found out that Kavya was last seen in Indore on Tuesday evening.

When the matter reached the police, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia also called the victim's father. Gave assurance that he would find his daughter. For this he also talked to Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma. But now that the matter has come to light, everyone is shocked. At present the search for the student is going on.

Kota Superintendent of Police Amrita Duhan, who is investigating the case, said that her team was searching for the student. Then investigation revealed that she had left Kota after just three days. Kavya was last seen in Indore only. To make her parents believe that she was studying at the institute, the girl also sent messages about her performance in tests from a different number. 

Now a friend of Kavya is cooperating in the police investigation and police has announced  a reward of Rs 20,000 for information.