A case of a missing engineering student has been reported from Patna.

The student had left his house for college on December 26 and is untraceable since then.

The boy's father is based in Dubai. He received a ransom message from his son's mobile phone demanding Rs 5 lakh.

An FIR of kidnapping was registered in Badhadurpur Police Station, Adam Kuan, Patna on December 27. Police is probing the matter and is on the lookout for the abductors.

