Police arrested two ladies and their male confederate for allegedly extorting ₹50,000 from a Delhi resident by luring him through an online relationship app, law enforcement officials conscious of the matter stated.
The suspects, recognized as 25-year-old Dipanshi Kumari, 36-year-old Shaheen Parveen, and 25-year-old Ankit Kumar, have been arrested at Dipanshi’s residence in Vasundhara.
Police stated that the sufferer, a person from Delhi, lodged a grievance with the Indirapuram police station on Friday. In his assertion, he alleged that he was approached by Dipanshi on a relationship app. In addition they added that the id of the person is withheld for safety causes.
Swatantra Kumar Singh, ACP of Indirapuram, stated, “Shaheen Parveen is the gang chief who operated a gaggle that focused people through online apps. Dipanshi, one in all her accomplices, would have interaction and entice men, initiating intimate conversations with them on these apps. The sufferer from Delhi was additionally lured by her, and when he visited her flat on Thursday, different members, together with Robin, Ankit, and Parveen, additionally joined at Dipanshi’s flat.”
The sufferer was later confined throughout the flat and subjected to bodily assault by the 2 men in the presence of the 2 ladies suspects, police stated.
“Subsequently the gang compelled him to take away his clothes. Beneath duress, he complied, they usually proceeded to {photograph} and videotape him. They then issued threats to make these specific photographs and movies public if he did not pay ₹5 lakh. With solely about ₹50,000 to his title, the person made an online cost to the gang. Following this, he was permitted to go away. Nonetheless, he later approached the police, resulting in the registration of an FIR,” the ACP added.
The ACP stated that this gang had been working for roughly six months and was suspected of focusing on “quite a few folks” utilizing an analogous modus operandi.
“We’ll examine the profiles of the gang members and attain out to potential further victims as a part of our ongoing investigation,” he stated, including that Robin, one other confederate, is presently on the run.
The suspects have been booked on expenses of extortion and inflicting hurt voluntarily, police stated.