In a bizarre turn of events, in Karachi and Mumbai, two teenagers faked their kidnappings to extort money from their families.
In Karachi, a teenage girl named Musfira staged a fake abduction and demanded Rs 1.5 million as ransom from her father, as per reports. According to the police, Musfira had orchestrated this drama seven months ago after eloping with her friend, Waleed, and marrying him in Punjab.
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In December, Musfira’s father received a ransom demand via social media, claiming she had been kidnapped. The payment was reportedly collected near Steel Town in Karachi. However, police investigations revealed the entire abduction was staged, and Musfira and Waleed were eventually located and handed over to their families. A kidnapping case had initially been filed at the Tipu Sultan police station, but it was later uncovered that Musfira had planned the scheme herself.
In a similar incident in Mumbai, a 20-year-old named Ankit faked his kidnapping to extract Rs 30,000 from his father to repair his motorbike. According to Indian media, Ankit sent a WhatsApp message to his father, instructing him to pay the ransom by scanning a QR code.
Unaware of his son’s plan, Ankit’s father, Nanelal Yadav, had already reported him missing to the police when the boy failed to return home. Four teams from the Valiv police station managed to track Ankit within two hours.
Ankit initially called his uncle, claiming he had been abducted by three men, and later demanded the ransom through WhatsApp. However, the father reported the matter to the police again, who quickly uncovered the hoax.
Both cases highlight the unusual lengths some individuals go to for personal gains, leaving their families and authorities caught in the middle of fabricated crises.
