Karnal, Feb. 25 -- Upset over alleged police inaction over his son's kidnapping to Laos, a man attempted self-immolation outside Yamunanagar district court.

However, the man, a local, was stopped by some pedestrians and journalists till the police reached the spot.

The man claimed that he had sent his son to Thailand for a job at a call centre.

The boy's mother said that they were fooled, and her son was kidnapped and taken to Laos, where he was forced to work in an illegal business.

"He was instead asked to share the numbers of his relatives and scam them, for which my son refused. This did not go well with them and my son has been harmed physically," she said.

The man said that his son was allowed to leave for home only after the f...