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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: The city police have invoked the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA) against eight people, including a woman, for allegedly kidnapping a school principal from Vijayanagar and keeping him hostage at a forest in Kollegal. The gang allegedly demanded Rs 2 crore as ransom for his release. Bhadraiah, owner and principal of Kiran Public School, was kidnapped by a gang on February 19 when he had gone out for a morning walk. The abductors held him hostage and demanded a ransom. When the plan did not work out, they released Bhadraiah, who later filed a complaint with Vijayanagar police..