Medical Student Cons Parents 90K After Kidnapping Self
A 23-year-old medical student at Makindu Medical Training College is being held at Kayole police station after staging his own kidnapping in order to extort money from his parents.
Leah Mukangai 
Edwin Kamau 'disappeared' last Sunday before blocking his father and calling his mother to claim he was kidnapped. Before he hung up on her, he told her that his kidnappers demanded a ransom of Sh70,000 to release him.
His distraught parents alerted the police, who immediately launched a manhunt for the kidnappers. However, the calls continued, with Kamau informing his mother that his kidnappers were about to kill him.
And, as fate would have it, the woman was a 'pishori' administrator who laced his drink with an unknown substance and stole the money.
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After regaining control of his faculties, he called again on Thursday, and his parents sent him another Sh40,000, which he withdrew and secured in his shoes.
Detectives had closed in on him by this point. When questioned, Kamau stated that he had squandered money meant for his last semester's school fees and was unsure how he would raise funds to sit for his exams, thus the fabricated story.
He also revealed that he was 'kidnapped' along with two other students whose parents had paid their ransoms. Detectives recovered Sh38,600 from the student, who is currently being held at the Koyole police station pending arraignment.
