Youth Flees From New Delhi Railway Station, Stages Own Kidnapping To Avoid Going To Leh
A 19-year-old from Bihar gave his friends and the Delhi Police a runaround on Wednesday after he vanished into the crowd at New Delhi Railway Station.
The youth, identified as Suraj, along with his friends Vimlesh Shah and Golu, came to Delhi from Champaran in Bihar.
Was going to Leh for job
The trio was on their way to Leh in the Union territory of Ladakh in search of better-paying jobs.
But after reaching New Delhi Railway station, Suraj got cold feet, quite literally as he did not want to go to the icy cold Leh.
The youth slipped away from his friends before boarding the train to Leh on the pretext of going to the washroom.
As Suraj failed to return even after a long time his friends panicked and started looking for him.
Rs 5,000 ransom demand?
In the meantime, Suraj's brother got a text message claiming that his sibling had been kidnapped.
The message also demanded a ransom of Rs 5,000 for his release.
Suraj's brother then informed Shah about the message.?
How Delhi Police found him
Shah immediately informed the police about his friend's kidnapping through social media.
"We had received a complaint on X in which Delhi Police was tagged. The social media cell forwarded the message to GRP railway for necessary action. A team was immediately formed and a rescue operation was launched after registering an FIR of kidnapping," a police officer said.
The police said a team traced Suraj from the Keshopur Sabzi Mandi area.
"Suraj told police that he along with his friends was going to Leh as they heard about higher wages there," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways) KPS Malhotra.
"Suraj got scared when his friends Golu and Vimlesh Shah started discussing about the freezing weather of Leh. So he slipped away by giving an excuse to attend nature's call," the DCP added.
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