Tanvi Choubey, the 20-year-old intern, on Wednesday kept the Kolkata Police’s detective department sleuths on tenterhooks for hours after she sent text messages to one of her friends saying she had been kidnapped by some youths and was being driven around the city in a car.

When cops questioned Choubey on Thursday morning after they found her at Fariapukur, they realised it was not a kidnap case and that the girl needed counseling. “She could have got paranoid due to some reason,” said a police official, ruling out any further action against her.

In fact, Choubey was back at the CMCH for her pathology theory examination at 11am on Thursday. She left the college at 1.30 pm after the exam and headed for Shyamnagar, where she is currently staying with her local guardians.

According to the police, Choubey had returned to the women’s hostel after finishing for the day at the hospital at 7.15 pm. A short while later, she went to an SBI ATM nearby after which she reached Fariapukur all by herself and had dinner at a food stall.

“We had released her picture and a man at the food stall was able to recognise her,” said DCP (DD) Jawed Shamim. After having food, the girl sat on a bench in the Fariapukur Park and started sending text messages to her friend Sujata Sarangi.

“Our teams had fanned out in the area with her photographs and finally we found her sitting on a bench in the park,” said a police officer.

Since Choubey did not change her position, it was easier for the police to track her. “The abductors are still watching me,” she is believed to have told the police. Her hostel mates, however, refused to believe she has mental problems. “She is a very fun-loving girl,” said a hostel mate.