Living in Australia, we know all too well the pain of being away from the things we love the most. We are, of course, talking about decent football games. BBM could quite happily never see our mum and dad again, but the prospect of never sitting in the stands with a meat pie watching our beloved Grimsby Town draw 0-0 with Nuneaton, fills us with sadness.
So we can see where Indian footy fan Abhisek Deep Anand was coming from when he became so desperate to go to a Premier League game on the opening day of the season that he decided to kidnap his girlfriend in an attempt to ransom her incredibly rich father.
A week before kick-off, Abhisek took his girlfriend of one-year to a restaurant, stole her phone then used it to call her dad with a demand for $170,000. He then took his missus to a nearby hotel and locked her in a room.
But the plan went tits up when the girl’s father – who had earned millions working in America – called police despite Abhisek’s threats that he would kill the girl if the authorities were alerted.
“The caller threatened to kill her if he didn’t pay up or if he went to the police,” said a local police chief. “They left for the [hotel] and it was on the way that Anand revealed his plan to her, threatening to kill her family members if she raised an alarm.”
When he was eventually arrested, Abhisek admitted he had wanted the money to fly to England to watch a Premier League match, although considering the cost of tickets these days he probably should have asked for twice as much.
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