Bengaluru: The young man who was ridden by a debt that planned his kidnapping to squeeze money from his father had been reunited with the family after the police tracked him to his hiding place in Tirupati, recently.
The Saab Imthum, 20, is a resident of Kurubarahalli, Mahalakshmipuram, and private company employees.
Confessing before the police, the Macthum said he had spent many things on his girlfriend, who died in an accident on the road in early August.
Also, he was eager to buy branded clothes and cellphones, which made him increase Hand loans Rs 3 lakh.
On September 13, Macthum’s father Ghani Saab filed a complaint of the police said the unidentified criminals had kidnapped his son and demanded Rs 5 Lakh.
Ghani Saab is a civil contractor.
“My son works with a private company in Yeshwantpur.
On September 12, he left home and never returned.
His cellphone was turned off.
I received a voice message from him, he had been kidnapped by the four-five men and they demanded Rs 5 lakh as a ransom.
I answered asking where I needed to come with cash.
One hour later, he sent another voice message that I had to make a digital payment.
The cellphone was turned off again, “said Ghani Saab in his complaint.
Police were led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Dharmender Kumar Meena swung in action.
“We found him in Tirupati and had arrived there using his own driven car.
At that time, we had realized there was something suspicious.
One team reached Tirupati and traced the impropriety to the hotel room.
As a precaution, the team watched him with himself Heart, while the others started a kidnapper hunting.
At that time, we found the might have met a small accident in the vehicle.
Finally, we found that he had not been kidnapped and holding it back before taking him back to town on September 14, “he said.