UP man held for faking his own abduction

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), March 8 : A 30-year-old man, steeped in debt, staged his own abduction and demanded Rs 30 lakh ransom from his family.
He tried to force his father to sell land and pay the ransom.
However, his father went to the police, who blew the lid off the abduction plot.
The accused, Hem Bahadur, resident of Newada Gaura Daad, did not tell his family that he had borrowed money from more than 12 people on the pretext of getting them jobs in the Railways.
On March 4, he sent anonymous text messages to his wife and another relative, asking them to pay up Rs 30 lakh, if they wanted him alive.
The SMS also cautioned them against going to the police. The message read — “Hem Bahadur is in our custody, and if you want to see him alive, then arrange Rs 30 lakh. If you contact police or politicians, you won’t even get his body.”