LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- The family of a 27-year-old Class 4 employee of animal husbandry department who went missing from a hotel on Kanpur Road on October 30 alleged to have received a Rs 5 lakh ransom call on Friday, police said on Saturday. The missing employee, identified as Rishabh Tripathi, had come to a city hotel with other staff for an event organised by the animal husbandry department, said ADCP South Rallapalli Vasanth Kumar. His colleague Atul Prakash, who lodged a missing person report at Banthra police station on October 31, said the two had dinner and then headed for home. Atul told police that he left Rishabh near the hotel's car parking area and went to the washroom, asking him to wait there. However, when he returned, Rishabh was nowhere to be found. On November 6, an unidentified caller, allegedly using a UK-based mobile number, made a WhatsApp call to Rishabh's mother, Sonia Tripathi, and demanded Rs 5 lakh for his release. Based on a complaint filed by his mother, Banthra police registered an FIR under Section 140(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). htc...