UP Relationship Fraud: The Uttar Pradesh Police unearthed a racket that lured individuals to rob and threaten them utilizing courting apps. On Thursday, police arrested eight individuals, together with 5 girls, a supervisor, and two café house owners, in reference to the alleged rip-off.
The arrests got here after a raid at Tiger Café close to Kaushambi Metro Station in Ghaziabad. As per the officers, the important thing suspects within the case had been recognized as Khalid alias Imran from Shaheednagar and his associates Sumit and Nadeem from Delhi.
In a submit on X, the Ghaziabad Police Commissionerate knowledgeable concerning the matter. “Kaushambi Police Station crew arrested 03 accused and 05 feminine accused who had been wished for calling males via a courting app to a restaurant within the title of assembly ladies and charging a better worth on meals objects after which holding them hostage and demanding cash when the invoice was not paid,” police mentioned.
थाना कौशाम्बी पुलिस टीम द्वारा डेटिंग एप के माध्यम से लड़कियों से मिलने के नाम पर कैफे में बुलाकर खाने के सामान पर मूल्य से अधिक बिल लगाने व बिल न देने पर बन्धक बनाकर पैसे मांगने में वाँछित 03 अभियुक्त व 05 अभियुक्ता गिरफ्तार ।@Uppolice pic.twitter.com/wD5I3zMAA3
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In response to the police, the accused used to ask individuals to the cafe via courting apps to’meet ladies’ and cost them exorbitant quantities for the price of meals. When the sufferer refused to pay the invoice quantity, they’d take him hostage and search cost. After receiving a grievance within the matter, the police sprung into motion and arrested eight individuals, together with 5 ladies.
The case got here to gentle on Tuesday when a person recognized as Vikas Gupta filed a grievance alleging that he was chatting with a lady on-line for just a few days and that on 21st October, they met at Kaushambi metro station and walked all the way down to Tiger Café.
Within the FIR filed by the sufferer, he revealed that when the duo arrived on the café, it was empty and his date (one of many arrested ladies) ordered a gentle drink, as per media stories. Nonetheless, as the 2 had been leaving the café, they obtained a invoice of round Rs 16,000 only for a chilly drink.
After receiving the invoice, the sufferer felt that one thing was unsuitable. He despatched his dwell location to a good friend looking for assist. He claimed that after he refused to pay the invoice, he was held hostage by the workers of the café, they usually now demanded Rs 50,000.
In the meantime, the good friend of the sufferer reached out to the cops and knowledgeable them concerning the matter at round 7 pm. After receiving the motion, the police rescued the sufferer by eight PM. In response to media stories, the sufferer acknowledged that by the point police rescued him, the accused had extracted Rs 4,500 from his pocket and compelled him to pay Rs 2,000 via on-line cost.
Following the sufferer’s grievance, Kaushambi police registered an FIR on 23rd October and arrested three youths: Khalid alias Imran, a resident of Sahibabad; Nadeem, a resident of Shastri Park, Delhi; and Sumit, a resident of Kalyanpuri, Delhi, in addition to 5 ladies: Sanjana Gujjar, Nisha Rana, and Deepanshika, all of whom are from Delhi; and Aksha, a resident of Ghaziabad. Initially, the accused managed to flee and had been later caught by the police.
In the meantime, Nimish Patil, DCP Trans-Hindon, acknowledged that the FIR was filed at Kaushambi police station towards all of the accused beneath BNS sections 127 (2) (wrongful confinement) and 308 (2) (extortion). In response to the officer, one other probe has been initiated into police negligence to search out out the rationale why the police didn’t take motion when the sufferer’s good friend dialed 112 looking for assist, media stories acknowledged.
