3 Maha girls stage own abduction in bid to meet K-Pop band BTS

Three minor girls from Maharashtra faked their abduction to travel to South Korea and meet K-pop band BTS. They were intercepted by police en route to Pune and counselled about the ill effects of excessive social media exposure. Their families were also advised to limit their screen time. No offence was registered.

CHHTRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Three minor girls, two 13-year-olds and an 11-year-old, from Maharashtra's Dharashiv district left home and faked their abduction in a bid to travel to South Korea and meet members of globally acclaimed K-pop band, BTS. Their excitement, however, was short-lived as cops tracked them down to Solapur, counselled them and handed them over to their families. "The girls followed BTS on social media and planned to go to South Korea to meet the band members.

To fund their travel, they decided to go to Pune first and earn some money," SP Sanjay Jadhav said. On Dec 28, the minors, all from Dharashiv's Omerga, boarded a Pune-bound bus. "Before boarding, one of the 13-year-olds called her parents saying she had been abducted along with two of her friends.

She made the call thinking the parents wouldn't be concerned about them not returning home on time," Jadhav said. The panicked parents immediately informed police, who managed to locate the girls within 30 minutes using cellphone tracing. "The bus was intercepted near Solapur's Mohol, around 115km from Omerga.

The minors were brought out of the bus and driven back to their native place," the SP said. "The girls belong to middle-class families. We counselled them about the ill effects of excessive exposure to social media before handing them over to their parents.

The parents were also counselled about limiting their wards' screentime," a cop said. No offence was registered in this connection..