Kidnapping Hoax: Girl Denies Abduction, Claims Love Affair with Zaheer Sheikh

• Vaishnavi Raju Thorat, 21, from Baramati, Pune, released a video denying her alleged kidnapping.
• She stated she has been in a 9-year romantic relationship with Zaheer Sheikh and left voluntarily.
• Her family had filed an FIR alleging Zaheer and Ayan Sheikh threw chili powder and forcibly abducted her.
• The alleged kidnapping led to protests, burning tires, and blocking of the Pune-Solapur National Highway.
• Police are now investigating the case as a love affair and potential conspiracy, appealing for peace.