The girl claimed that she was abducted by four-five men and taken to a forest (Representative Image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Key Highlights The girl's parents were sent a video of her hands and legs tied on Sunday Police put her cell phone on technical surveillance but gained no leads A passerby called the parents on Monday and told them that their daughter was crying on a street in Old Delhi

New Delhi: Fear of parents can drive teenagers to drastic ways. One such incident has come to light from the national capital where an 18-year-old girl reportedly staged her own kidnapping in order to escape being chided by her father for bunking her classes. A case in this regard was registered with the Delhi Police but later quashed after the girl confessed to hatching the plan of her own kidnapping.

The matter was first brought to the attention of the police by the girl's father, who approached the Adarsh Nagar police station on Sunday night. In his complaint, the father alleged that he received a video on WhatsApp showing his daughter's hands and legs tied up. She could be heard saying "mujhe chhor do (leave me)" in the video.

A case under Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered on the basis of the father's complaint. In order to track her down, the Delhi Police also put the girl's cell phone on technical surveillance. According to a report, a passerby called the parents on Monday and told them that their daughter was crying on a street in Old Delhi's Ballimaran.

After she returned home, the girl told her parents and police officers that she was abducted on Sunday evening by four-five men and taken to a jungle. Without identifying the exact coordinates of where she was taken, the girl alleged that she managed to flee the spot as the kidnappers slept. However, she later broke down in the face of police questioning and confessed to making up the story of her "abduction".

Deputy Commissioner of Police (North West) Vijayanta Arya told media outlets that the girl, who is pursuing a correspondence course in the Delhi University (DU), left home to attend college on Sunday morning. Instead, she went to Purana Qila with friends and panicked when her father video called her and asked her to show him the college building in the background. After disconnecting her father's call abruptly, the girl switched off her cell phone and spent the night at a friend's where she made the WhatsApp video which was later shared with her parents.

A similar incident was reported from Mumbai earlier this year when a 17-year-old girl faked her own kidnapping in order to gain sympathy from her parents after she failed in two subjects in her school exams. The girl later told the Sahar police of her plan.