Kanpur: A resident approached police and complained alleging that her daughter has been receiving threatening letters requiring fifty thousand rupees.
A minor girl pulled a prank on her parents and wrote an extortions letter to herself.
The incident took place in the Rawatpur area, police said adding that a resident of the Maswanpur area Megha Pandey in her complaint on Monday alleged that her daughter has been receiving threatening letters demanding money.
Rawatpur Police Inspector said that Megha Pandey Monday, a resident of the Maswanpur area, complained alleging that her daughter has been receiving threatening letters demanding 50,000 rupees.
Police started an investigation based on her complaint surprised the investigators.
They found that the girl being threatened was writing the letters herself.
During the investigation, the handwriting drew the suspicion of the police.
The minor eventually confessed that she was the one sending the letters to herself, police said.
They further revealed that the girl said that she used to write letters to herself demanding a sum of Rs 50,000.
She said she also wrote that if the amount was not paid "she will be killed."
