Underage BTS fans stage their kidnapping to fulfill their dream of traveling to South Korea and meeting group members

Three underage girls from Maharashtra allegedly staged their own kidnapping to earn money and visit South Korea to meet the hugely popular members of the BTS pop band, police said on Monday. The girls, one 11 years old and two 13 years old, hail from Dharashiv district in the state. (Also Read | BTS’s Taehyung, SEVENTEEN’s Joshua’s birthday content on the awards show: What all gets canceled after the Muan plane crash)

They had planned to go to Pune to earn money, which they needed to travel to South Korea and meet their favorite K-pop band members, an officer from Omerga police station said. On December 27, Dharashiv police received a call through their helpline number from a person who alleged that three girls were forcibly taken away in a school bus from Omerga taluka in the district, he said.

Police swung into action and found that the number belonged to a woman who was traveling from Omerga to Pune in a state bus. The official said they chased the bus as it was passing through Mohol area in Solapur district of the state.

Omerga police have contacted their counterparts in Mohol as well as a woman who runs a shop at the Mohol bus stop, he said. The three girls were then taken off the bus with the woman’s help and taken to a local police station.

The official said that the Omerga police team along with the minor’s parents arrived there later. The next day, the police inquired with the girls who told them that they had a plan to go to Pune, work there and earn the money they needed to go to South Korea and meet their favorite BTS members. to meet a pop band, the official said.

BTS members include RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, Kim Taehyung (V), and Jungkook. Jin and J-Hope were discharged from the military earlier this year. RM, Suga, Jimin, V and Jungkook will complete their service next year.