Youth arrested for staging kidnaping drama to get iPhone
November 9, 2022 01:17 AM
The Karachi Police have arrested a youth on charges of staging his own kidnapping for ransom, 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Tuesday.
Reportedly, youth Ghafran went missing a few days ago and local police registered the case.
His family got a Rs 100,000 ransom message over the mobile phone. A special squad under Inspector Saeed Niaz was assigned the task to secure the release.
The team got to know about his presence in Lahore’s Data Darbar area and brought him back with the help of the Punjab police.
He confessed to staging the dram to buy an iPhone, police said.