f'bad: 5 arrested for extorting men through dating apps
Gurugram, May 15 -- Five suspects were arrested from Karauli in Rajasthan for blackmailing and extorting men through dating apps and social media platforms, Faridabad police said on Thursday.
Faridabad police said they arrested them on May 8.
According to investigators the suspects, all men, are all aged between 21 and 24 years. Police said that the suspects recorded the private videos of the victims over video calls and blackmailed them into transferring money into mule accounts.
A senior police officer said that the arrests are related to an FIR filed by a 28-year-old Faridabad resident who was extorted by the gang through a dating app in January this year.
"The suspects talked with victim on the dating app. The prime suspect, imitating a woman's voice, called the victim and asked him to join a video call. The suspects recorded the victim's private video on the call and demanded Rs.45,000 by threatening to circulate it," said the officer. Investigators said the victim got an FIR registered for extortion under Section 308(2) of BNS at the Cybercrime police station (central) on January 25....
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