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Crime
UP Teen Fakes Kidnapping
✍️ Hindustan Times
🗓 14 Aug 2026, 05:39 AM
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A 16-year-old from Uttar Pradesh used an AI-generated image to fake his own kidnapping and demand ransom from his father. The teen sought ₹2 lakh to pay off his gaming debt.
In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh used artificial intelligence to create a fake image of himself being kidnapped. He then sent this image to his father, a cloth merchant, along with a ransom demand of ₹2 lakh. The message threatened to kill the boy if the money was not transferred immediately. The motive behind this desperate act was to pay off the boy's gaming debt. The incident highlights the growing concern of online gaming addiction among teenagers.