In a surprising incident from Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district, three young girls have allegedly staged their own kidnapping in a bid to raise money for a trip to South Korea to meet the popular K-pop band BTS. The girls, aged 11 and 13, had devised this plan as a way to fund their dream journey.

We’ve all heard of super fans going to extremes for their idols, but three young girls from Maharashtra, India, may have just taken their obsession too far. In a bizarre attempt to meet their favourite K-pop sensations,

They had planned to go to Pune to earn money which they needed to travel to South Korea and meet their favourite K-pop band members, an official from Omerga police station said. On December 27, the Dharashiv police received a call on their helpline number from a person claiming three girls were forcibly taken away in a school van from Omerga taluka in the district,

The girls—one aged 11 and two aged 13—are from Maharashtra's Dharashiv district. They had planned to travel to Pune to earn the money needed for a trip to South Korea to meet their favourite K-pop band members.

On December 27, the Dharashiv police received a call on their helpline number from a person claiming three girls were forcibly taken away in a school van from Omerga taluka in the district, he said.

Three minor girls from Maharashtra allegedly staged their own kidnapping in a bid to earn money and visit South Korea to meet the hugely popular BTS pop band members, police said on Monday. The girls,