Overview
- The case was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Rabale Police Station on December 28 based on a complaint by the boy’s uncle.
- Investigators say the teenager had been chatting with a fake Instagram profile since December 23 and took an online-booked cab from Airoli to Nandivali to meet the supposed girl.
- CCTV traced a white Maruti WagonR and showed four youths escorting him into Sai Aradhana Apartment in Rajaram Nagar, where Crime Branch Unit-1 rescued him unharmed from Room No. 1.
- The family received a WhatsApp voice message demanding Rs 20 lakh for the boy’s release, according to police.
- Four suspects were arrested, produced before a magistrate, and remanded to police custody until December 31, with media reports carrying differing name lists as disclosures evolve and investigators probe links to similar crimes.