A 16-year-old Class 11 student from Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, faked his own kidnapping to repay heavy online gaming debts, reportedly losing nearly Rs 3 lakh. Using an AI-generated image showing himself bloodied and bound, he demanded Rs 1–2 lakh from his cloth-merchant father. Police traced his digital trail and found him at a friend’s house, sparking online debate and ridicule.
A KIDNAPPING CASE from Uttar Pradesh took a shocking turn after a 16-year-old boy staged his own abduction to demand a ransom of Rs 1 lakh. On August 13, 2026, the police claimed that the Class 11 student had orchestrated the entire plan using AI-generated images of himself and text messages sent to his father demanding money.
The kidnapping plan…