Pune metropolis police have arrested 4 individuals who allegedly robbed males after luring them by way of a web-based utility for ‘homosexual relationship’.
Police have recognized the accused individuals as Wahid Razzak alias Lal Sahab Shaikh (19), Mehboob alias Gaur Javed Shaikh (20), Shrinivas alias Shrinu Nayak (22) and Sohail Gafoor Shaikh (24), all residents of Mangalwar Peth space.
A person residing in Pimpri Chinchwad lodged the primary info report (FIR) on this case on the Bundgarden police station.
The complainant had come throughout the profile of the accused on the relationship app and as he was , he contacted the accused for a date.
They chatted on the app for some time earlier than the accused referred to as him for a date at a spot close to the Regional Transport Workplace (RTO), close to Sangam Bridge, round 6 pm on March 18.When the complainant reached the spot, the accused was along with his aides, and forcibly took the complainant to a secluded spot.
They allegedly assaulted the complainant, snatched his debit card and compelled him to present them the PIN. The accused then withdrew Rs 9,500 from the complainant’s checking account. Police stated the accused formatted the complainant’s cellphone earlier than letting him go after the theft.
The complainant then approached the Bundgarden police station and filed an FIR. Deputy Commissioner of Police Smarthana Patil launched a probe into the incident. Cops zeroed in on the profile on the relationship app, which the accused had used to contact the sufferer.
From the clues obtained in the course of the probe, policemen Pradip Shitole, Saras Salvi, Prakash Avhad, Dnyaneshwar Bade and Manoj Bhokar zeroed in on the suspects and arrested Wahid on April 1. Subsequently, cops arrested the opposite three accused after additional investigation.
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Senior police inspector Ravindra Gaikwad stated they’ve recovered cash that the accused had robbed from the sufferer. Police suspect that the accused have robbed extra males equally by way of the relationship app, however the victims didn’t come ahead to lodge any complaints, probably attributable to social stigma. The accused had been remanded to judicial custody after which despatched to Yerwada jail on Saturday.
Police sub inspector Swapnil Lohar, the investigation officer stated, victims who had been robbed in such incidents, shouldn’t hesitate and strategy the police and file their complaints.
