Hyderabad:

The mother and father of an Indian scholar finding out within the US have obtained a ransom name demanding almost a lakh rupees after their son went lacking. The unidentified caller knowledgeable them their son had been kidnapped and threatened to promote his kidney.

Abdul Mohammed, a 25-year-old from Hyderabad, left house final Could to pursue a grasp’s diploma in Data Know-how at Cleveland College, Ohio.

His household claims he has not spoken to them since March 7.

Mohammed Saleem, Abdul’s father, obtained a name final week from an unknown quantity, informing him that his son has been kidnapped by drug sellers in Cleveland.

The unidentified caller then demanded $1200 to launch him however didn’t specify the mode of fee. He additionally threatened to promote a kidney of the scholar to the mafia in the event that they refused to pay, his household stated.

His mother and father then knowledgeable his kin within the US, who filed a lacking grievance with the Cleveland police. Mr Mohammed was carrying a white T-shirt, purple jacket, and blue denims, stated the cops of their watch order.

In an effort to find him, the household has additionally written to the Indian Council in Chicago.

The kidnapping was reported per week after one other Indian scholar was discovered lifeless within the US, the ninth such incident in lower than three months. The physique of Abhijeeth Paruchuru, 20, an engineering scholar in Boston, was present in a automotive in a forest. However preliminary probe dominated out something suspicious, the Consulate Common of India in New York had stated.