India, Feb. 10 -- The Pune police on Monday registered a kidnapping case after former Maharashtra minister Tanaji Sawant's son went missing from the Pune airport on Monday evening.

Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said the leader told them that two people "took his son forcefully" on a flight to Thailand's Bangkok.

"We have got a complaint of Rishiraj Sawant being kidnapped. We have registered a complaint of kidnapping. Tanaji Sawant has told us that two people have taken his son forcefully on a flight to Bangkok. We have got in touch with DGCA and are getting the flight diverted to Indian soil," he told HT.

The Pune police control room received an anonymous call at around 4 pm on Monday claiming the 32-year-old son of the Shiv S...