Summary:
While the woman, A Vidya (22) from Telangana, worked as a nurse in a private hospital in Chennai, her boyfriend was identified as Mano (25) of Karaikal, who used to work in a software firm. “On Wednesday, Vidya’s father Arumugam received an anonymous call that his daughter had been kidnapped and would be released for a ransom of Rs 10 lakh. Probe with the help of call records led to the arrest of Mano from Karaikal. Interrogation of Mano revealed that he and Vidya were said to be in a relationship for a few years and both allegedly hatched a plan to get Rs 10 lakh from Vidya’s father as Mano was in need of money to go abroad. “Vidya’s father recently sold a piece of land for Rs 14 lakh and she wanted to help her boyfriend with the money,” said police..