The 32-year-old businessman from Pune, staged his own abduction in the hope of winning back his wife's affection. What he got, instead, was a nasty hangover and a warning
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Pune: Desperate times do not call for daft measures. A distraught Parameshwar Gaikwad learnt this lesson in a rather embarrassing way last weekend. The 32-year-old welding and fabrication businessman from Pimpri, Pune, staged his own abduction in the hope of winning back his wife's affection. What he got, instead, was a nasty hangover and a night he isn’t likely to forget soon.
Gaikwad married Radhika eight years ago. They have two children. Six months ago, Radhika left him, allegedly owing to his alcoholism, and returned to her parents’ house in Solapur. Since then, Gaikwad had reportedly made several attempts to get her back.
Around 1 am on Sunday, Vijaykumar Palsule, inspector in-charge of Nigdi police station, received a call from Gaikwad's brother, saying the businessman had been kidnapped and a ransom of Rs 5 lakh had been demanded. "The kidnapper had called from Gaikwad’s phone and had claimed that he had taken him to Daund (60-70 km from Pimpri)," said Palsule.
Gaikwad’s brother told the police he had only Rs 30,000 on him and could withdraw only Rs 25,000 from an ATM at that time of the night. "We managed to raise the ransom even as we began tracing the call," said Palsule.
The police traced the ransom call to Shivaji Nagar, around 15-20 km from the Gaikwads’ home, in Pune. "We fanned out in the area and found Gaikwad drunk in a bar around 5.30 am. We brought him to the police station."
On waking up some five hours later, a sheepish Gaikwad admitted to staging his abduction in the hope that Radhika would return to him.
Gaikwad said, "I regret what I did. My wife did not turn up despite this drastic attempt." Radhika claimed that she knew something was amiss the moment she heard of the abduction. "My brother-in-law called me up, asking me for money for ransom. But I knew there was foul play involved."
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