Indian student goes missing in US for 2 weeks, family gets ransom call demanding…

Last week, the parents of Mohammed Abdul Arfath claimed to have received a ransom call demanding nearly a lakh and threatening to sell their son's kidney if they didn't receive the amount. However, the caller didn't confirm the mode of payment.

Arfath, who was living in Ohio, left his home last year in May to pursue a Master’s degree in information technology at Cleveland University.

Majlis Bachao Tahreek spokesperson Amjed Ullah Khan brought the issue of the Hyderabad student to light. In a post on X, he shared the copies of Arfath’s passport and a letter that his family sent to External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar.