In UP's Hardoi, police solved a fake abduction case through a misspelled ransom note. Sandeep Kumar staged his kidnapping to extort Rs 50,000 from his brother, Sanjay. The misspelling of 'death' as 'deth' led police to suspect Sandeep, who eventually confessed to the plot after being questioned and writing the word the same way.
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