Social Network Kidnap

A 16-year-old-girl was allegedly kidnapped by two persons from near her house in Porvorim locality in Panaji. She was rescued hours later, police said today. The alleged kidnappers had befriended her on social networking website Facebook.

A minor girl from Rajasthan, who was allegedly kidnapped from Jammu two days ago by a person who befriended her on a social networking site, was today rescued by police from Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Even as efforts are on to secure the release of abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, a page created for the IAS officer by his family and friends on social networking site Facebook is seeing huge traffic. The page 'Free Alex Paul Menon', has over 2,700 likes and rising. One of the comments on the page says "life should be a torch that...

The four men accused of kidnapping and murdering Mumbai teenager Adnan Patrawala in 2007, who they had allegedly met via social networking site Orkut, walked out of Mumbai's Arthur Road jail today.

A teenaged youth who allegedly kidnapped students he met via social networking websites has been arrested in Mexico, officials said.Pedro Lopez Biffano, 19, who was holding a student hostage, was arrested during the weekend in Puebla state in Central Mexico, the Puebla state attorney general's office said.The suspect was demanding 100,000 pesos ($8...

A 16-year-old-girl was allegedly kidnapped by two persons from near her house in Porvorim locality in Panaji. She was rescued hours later, police said today. The alleged kidnappers had befriended her on social networking website Facebook.

A minor girl from Rajasthan, who was allegedly kidnapped from Jammu two days ago by a person who befriended her on a social networking site, was today rescued by police from Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Even as efforts are on to secure the release of abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, a page created for the IAS officer by his family and friends on social networking site Facebook is seeing huge traffic. The page 'Free Alex Paul Menon', has over 2,700 likes and rising. One of the comments on the page says "life should be a torch that...

The four men accused of kidnapping and murdering Mumbai teenager Adnan Patrawala in 2007, who they had allegedly met via social networking site Orkut, walked out of Mumbai's Arthur Road jail today.

A teenaged youth who allegedly kidnapped students he met via social networking websites has been arrested in Mexico, officials said.Pedro Lopez Biffano, 19, who was holding a student hostage, was arrested during the weekend in Puebla state in Central Mexico, the Puebla state attorney general's office said.The suspect was demanding 100,000 pesos ($8...