Hyderabad, March 24 -- A 21-year-old NEET aspirant, Kavya Dhakand, allegedly faked her own kidnapping in Kota and had her friends demand Rs 30 lakh ransom from her parents. She had demanded the money to go abroad for studies, police said.

"No crime has been committed against this woman," Kota Superintendent of Police Amrita Duhan told news reporters.

The woman's father filed a police complaint on March 18 in which he said that Kavya had moved to Kota on August 2023 for coaching, and she has been living in a hostel. He further claimed that he had received a ransom call and pictures of his daughter with her hands and feet tied.

Based on the complaint, the police filed a case of abduction. However, during the preliminary investigation, po...