Using an internet calling facility, Suraj Patel (name changed) called his father saying he has been kidnapped.But his luck ran out as his father approached the police who cracked the case and nabbed him near Haji Ali last week.
Patel, a resident of Santa Cruz, left his Charni Road office around 5.30pm last week, telling his father he was going to the Mazgaon sales tax office. An hour later, his father received a call from a hysterical Patel saying some people were dragging him into a vehicle and pleading with his father to rescue him.
Worried, his father tried calling back on Patel's number but the phone was switched off by then. The 28-year-old son of a city trader, who staged his own kidnapping after running up betting debts of Rs 2 crore, was caught by cops after one of his friends spilled the beans.
Last week, his father received a call from an internet number from his son. "Daddy, save me. I have been kidnapped. These people have made the call and asked me to talk to you," Suraj Patel (name changed) told his father before the call got disconnected.
Patel's father approached senior crime branch officials and a team was put on the job.
Cyber crime investigation cell (CCIC) personnel also swung into action to trace the origin of the call. "Initially, we were looking at the kidnapper's modus operandi to identify which underworld gang could be behind it. We spoke to the family and collected numbers of their business and family friends," said a policeman who was part of the investigation team.
By next evening, the CCIC traced the SIM card used by the 'kidnapper'. "The mobile number's location was very much in Mumbai. When we scrutinized the call data records, we found one of Patel's friends was in touch with the number. He was picked up," he said.
What Patel's friend told police was startling. "Patel had incurred huge debts as he lost around Rs 2 crore in betting on the IPL and a commodities exchange. To clear his debts, Patel took two of his friends into confidence and planned his own kidnapping to demand ransom from his father," the friend told police. Interestingly, the number used for the internet call belonged to Patel.
A police team went near Lala Lajpat Rai College where Patel's second mobile's location was traced. "He tried to give pretend he escaped from the kidnapper as he didn't know his friend was already in our net," said police. Later during questioning he admitted to plotting his own kidnapping and was allowed to go home.
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