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In a bizarre case that unfolded in Cuttack, a 22-year-old BTech student from Odisha has landed in legal trouble after allegedly faking his own kidnapping to extract Rs 50,000 from his family, all in a desperate attempt to invest in an online betting platform.
The accused, Shubham Samal, hails from Gadasantri in Angul district and is currently pursuing his engineering degree at Silicon Institute of Technology in Bhubaneswar. His dramatic scheme came undone following a swift and determined investigation by the Cuttack police.
The episode began on June 20, when Shubham, staying temporarily at his elder sister's residence at OSAP 6th Batta...