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Odisha: B-Tech student stages own kidnapping to extort Rs 50k from family

Summary by Odisha News In English
Cuttack, June 24: A 22-year-old B-Tech student in Odisha’s Cuttack was booked for allegedly staging his own kidnapping to extort Rs 50,000 from his family with a motive to gamble in an online betting platform.The accused has been identified as Shubham Samal, a resident of Gadasantri in Angul district. He is currently studying engineering at Silicon Institute of Technology in Bhubaneswar.As per reports, Shubham’s elaborate plan began on June 20 w…
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Odisha News In English broke the news in on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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