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Debt-ridden fruit vendor fakes abduction, lands in trouble

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LAHORE: A fruit vendor has been arrested by Lahore police for allegedly staging his abduction and demanding Rs200,000 extortion for his safe release.

22-year-old Nazim Hussain along with his brother used to sell fruits at his stall near Bhutta chowk in the Punjab capital, the police said, adding he had borrowed money from a lot of people who work at the market where he would purchase fruits from.

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Unable to pay off his debt, Hussain went to visit his friends in Karachi from where he made a fake abduction call using his phone number with the help of the friends and demanded Rs200,000 protection money for his release.

On getting a complaint, the Mustafabad police launched an investigation into the matter and arrested the man.

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