LUCKNOW, April 10 -- The decision to throw a birthday party after stealing Rs.2,000 from his house turned disastrous for a 14-year-old class 8 student, who ended up losing Rs.12.5 lakh meant for land registration to his classmates after being threatened and blackmailed by them for over a month, police claimed following the arrest of seven minor accused.

The incident came to light when the victim's father filed a complaint at the Krishna Nagar police station on April 8. An FIR was registered and the seven juvenile accused named by the victim's father were taken into custody on Thursday, bringing closure to the month-long extortion ordeal of the victim, a student of Awadh Collegiate on Kanpur Road.

Explaining the sequence of events, Krish...