Patna - A tenth-grade student lost ₹1.45 lakh in an online game: He plotted his own kidnapping, demanded a ransom of ₹2 lakh from his father; safely recovered from Muzaffarpur.

A tenth-grade student living in Patna's Buddha Colony area and studying there, plotted his own kidnapping after losing ₹1.45 lakh in an online game. Under pressure from friends to return borrowed money, he fabricated a false kidnapping story with his accomplices and demanded a ransom of ₹2 lakh from his family. In a panic, the father also sent ₹75,000 to the student's account. However, based on technical investigation, the police arrested the student in Muzaffarpur.