Free Fire player missing from Gwalior for 7 days:Family claims cyber fraudsters lure students with promise of gaming IDs

A 15-year-old student from Gwalior has been missing for the past seven days, with his family alleging that he may have fallen into the hands of cyber fraudsters linked to the online game Free Fire. According to the family, the teenager was last seen boarding a train from Kerala to Delhi. They claim he was persuaded to leave home by a friend who promised to help him obtain a valuable gaming ID. Police from the Thatipur police station have launched a search operation, while the family is also making independent efforts to trace him. Teen left home on June 30 The missing student’s father, Janved Singh Dohare, a resident of Mehra Colony, said his son Prince, a Class 10 student, left home around 8 AM on June 30 without informing anyone. He described Prince as having a wheatish complexion, a height of around five feet, and wearing a green shirt and black trousers when he left home. Father alleges police response has been slow Janved, who works as an auto-rickshaw driver, said Prince is his elder son, while his wife is a homemaker. He said his younger son, Anuj, informed the family that Prince had left with a friend named Alam, whom they did not know personally. According to the family, Prince and Alam became friends through the online game Free Fire. “When we contacted Alam, he initially claimed he had travelled to Delhi with Prince. Later, he said he was in Kolkata. We feel the police are not acting seriously, and our son’s life may be in danger,” the father alleged. Teen was in contact with people from other states Prince’s mother, Seema Devi Dohare, said her son had been playing Free Fire for the past eight years and had become a skilled player. She claimed his gaming ID had considerable market value. According to his friends, Prince had come into contact with several people from outside Madhya Pradesh who were involved in buying and selling gaming IDs. They reportedly stayed in touch with him through WhatsApp messages, voice calls and group calls. The family also claimed that Prince’s mobile phone contained multiple accounts under fake names, WhatsApp groups, call recordings and records of suspicious financial transactions. Family alleges organised network behind gaming scam According to Prince’s friends, the people who allegedly gained the trust of young gamers and lured them into their network are based outside Madhya Pradesh. They claimed the network operates from Bihar, Jharkhand and Kolkata. Following the family’s complaint, the Cyber Cell reportedly traced the current mobile location of some suspects to Kolkata during its preliminary investigation. Police to send special team to Kolkata Thatipur Station House Officer Vipendra Singh Chauhan said the phone numbers and other information provided by the family have been forwarded to the Cyber Cell for analysis. He said investigators are tracking the suspects using technical evidence and location data. “A special police team will soon be sent to Kolkata. Our priority is to locate Prince safely and bring him back,” the officer said.