The kidnap story of Union Minister and reputed film Director Dasari Narayana Rao’s son Dasari Prabhu resembles the story line of a typical box office flick, with his own daughter-in-law “plotting’’ the drama demanding a hefty sum.

Recounting the kidnap drama, Prabhu’s uncle, one Mr Prasad said Prabhu’s wife Susheela had brought him to Chennai to visit her brother, who was being treated in a hospital here.

However, after visiting the hospital, Susheela with the help of a six-member gang had forcibly taken him to Chittoor and locked him up in a hotel room, where they got Prabhu drunk and forcibly obtained his signature on a blank paper and left the hotel.

Later, Susheela herself lodged a complaint of kidnap to cover up her involvement, Prasad said. “Prabhu took the help of a boy employed in the hotel and came to my residence in Chennai,’’ he said. Narrating the plot, Prasad said Mr Rao’s 34-year-old son had filed for divorce from his wife Susheela in a family court in Hyderabad.

Prasad claimed that Susheela, who is four years elder to Mr Prabhu, had been harassing him for property ever since her husband had filed for divorce.

In fact, two years ago when Susheela demanded the hefty sum, Rao had agreed to give a share in his property through a gift deed in the name of his son. But Susheela, turning down the proposal, had demanded that Mr Rao should give the same in the form of a sale deed.

Earlier, Prabhu told a private news channel that the kidnap was stage-managed by his wife. He was abducted by a group of people close to his wife at Chittoor, on Tuesday, he claimed.

Prabhu denies kidnap

Chennai, agencies:  Union Minister Dasari Narayana Rao’s son  Prabhu on Wednesday denied that he was kidnapped from a hotel room in Chitoor on Tuesday.

He told a private news channel that he had come to Chennai on his own, disputing his estranged wife Susheela’s complaint that he was kidnapped from a hotel room in Chitoor town. Prabhu has already spoken to the Superintendent of Police, Chitoor, and sent him a letter explaining his position and denying he was kidnapped.

Susheela, Prabhu’s wife, said she had no role in the alleged kidnap nor was she interested in Prabhu’s wealth.

Meanwhile, special police teams rushed to Chennai on Wednesday to question Prabhu. They would also question his wife based on the complaint and allegations.