A 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped on her way to a tuition class in Narkeldanga on Wednesday.

The family has registered a police complaint alleging that they had received a ransom call of Rs 25 lakh, police said.

The teenager, who is a school student, did not return from her tuition class on Wednesday, prompting her parents to raise the alarm. The family contacted her friends and later learned that she had never reached the tuition class.

A few hours after the girl’s disappearance, the family said they received a phone call asking them to pay Rs 25 lakh to secure her release.

The family reported the matter to the local Narkeldanga police station. Based on the family’s complaint, the police have started an abduction for ransom case.

Sources said the family had received multiple ransom calls.

The police have talked to the student’s friends and were considering the possibility of tracking her down through the electronic gadgets she was carrying.

The teenager’s father runs a business in the Rajabazar area.

“We are not in a position to comment on the progress of the investigation at this moment,” said a senior officer of the eastern suburban division.