Boy fakes kidnap for Rs 30,000 to repair bike

A 20-year-old man from Vasai stage-Rs 30,000 from his father to get his motorbike repaired. Four teams from Valiv police station tracked down the youth within two hours on Saturday. Ankit first called up his uncle from his cellphone and informed about "being kidnapped" by three men. He then sent a WhatsApp message to his father asking him to make an online payment of Rs 30,000 to the kidnappers by scanning a QR code. Ankit was not aware that his father had approached the police.

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