TIRUPATI: In a sensational incident that appears to be straight out of a crime thriller, a jilted lover enacted high drama to fake a fire accident scene to kidnap a girl, but landed in police dragnet after his attempt boomeranged. The kidnap case that created furore in

late on Wednesday ended on a frightful note, with the police finding the accused

(33) using skull and bones to divert attention.

According to the police, the engineering graduate started off as an assistant professor in a private college, but finally settled as ward secretary in Fakirpalli ward of Kadapa city. He fell in love with a girl (21), a student in his college, and followed her to Bengaluru, where she moved to learn higher courses like Java, tormenting her to marry him. On learning of the harassment, the girl’s parents brought her home.

Finding the girl alone at home on Wednesday, Krishna Mohan sneaked into the house by wearing a

and kidnapped her. After being alerted by the watchful neighbours, her parents lodged a police complaint.

Cops led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (Kadapa Town) U. Suryanarayana were aghast on seeing bones and a skull, with a candle kept next to an open LPG refill and the girl’s spare dress drenched in petrol at her house. The timely police action prevented what could have otherwise been a certain cylinder blast.

DSP Suryanarayana formed two teams and rushed them to

and

(

). Using technology, the accused was traced near Vellore railway station and was arrested around noon on Thursday. “The kidnapper tried to fake an accident that however failed. His plan was to mislead the police and her parents that the girl died in the fire mishap”, DSP Suryanarayana said, while producing the accused before the media on Thursday evening.