India, March 16 -- Three boys were apprehended on Wednesday for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old boy for a Rs.50,000 ransom in south Delhi's Mehrauli on Tuesday, police said on Friday. One of the accused had posed as a girl on a social media platform to lure the victim.

Additional deputy commissioner of police (south) Achin Garg said that police received a call around 6 pm on Tuesday from a man reporting that his 17-year-old cousin had gone to meet a girl he met on a social media platform near Saket Metro Station but was kidnapped by three boys on a scooter. "The victim's friend, who had accompanied him, informed the caller about the abduction," he added.

A case of kidnapping was registered, and police used social media data and techn...