2 boys enact kidnapping drama, held

PATNA: Patna police, on Monday, revealed a 'kidnapping drama' enacted by a boy to extract money from his father with the help of his friend and arrested both the boys from Dargah Road under Sultanganj police station.
City SP Kim said, one Mohammad Mukarram had enacted his abduction drama a couple of days back with the help of his friend, Mohammad Waris.Both lived at Dargah Road. Mukarram is a Class IX student in the Baldwin School, Boring Road.
Kim said Waris called Mukarram's father, Fakre Alam, for ransom of Rs 1 lakh failing which he threatened to kill him. However, Alam got the inkling of the drama staged by his son and tried to implicate one Arun Singh with whom he had some dispute, the SP said, adding that Alam even told the police that it was Singh who had kidnapped his son.
A team was constituted to nab the kidnappers, Kim said, adding a police team was sent to Fatuha also though both the boys escaped apprehending police action.