Mumbai, January 8: In a bizarre incident, a man in Mumbai was jailed for making a hoax call about his own abduction. The man, who called the police sounded frightened and said that a group of men had kidnapped him. He switched off his cell phone soon after, leaving the police in a fix. According to a report by TOI, the man identified as 36-year old Shivkumar Gautam called the Valiv police from his cellphone to inform about his abduction near Tungareshwar Phata on Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway in Vasai (East).┬аInterpol, FBI, and Canada Police Busted 25 'Fake Call Centres' in Noida, 300 Cyber Thugs Held.┬а

The report informs that┬аGautam has been arrested under Indian Penal Code Section 182 for providing false information, with the intent to cause a public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person.┬аThe incident took place on January 3, a week after a worker from a Vasai factory was arrested for reporting a murder that never happened.

The report states that Police reached Tungareshwar Phata and carried out a massive combing operation to find Gautam but all the efforts went in vain. When he couldnтАЩt be traced, the Police tried to find the location of GautamтАЩs switched-off cellphone. They asked several locals and shopkeepers but couldnтАЩt get any leads.

Later, the police traced GautamтАЩs residential address and reached Vasai Phata on January 4 though. They were shocked to find him fast asleep at his house. ┬аGautam saw the police and was frightened. He told them that he had made the call for fun and had not expected them to take his call seriously.

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