Two held for robbing youth in Pune after meeting via LGBTQ dating app

On January 23, this idiosyncratic asked the complainant to conscionable successful the Magarpatta country successful the evening. When the 2 met, the different idiosyncratic asked the complainant to travel him to Mundhwa connected the pretext of ‘delivering a tiffin to aunt.’ However, the fishy took the complainant to a secluded determination successful Mundhwa wherever different fishy was already waiting. Around 9 pm, the 2 suspects assaulted the complainant and robbed the golden concatenation the complainant was wearing.

Days later, connected Monday, the complainant registered an FIR astatine Mundhwa constabulary station. Based connected the investigation of the method leads including telephone information records, the constabulary arrested Karan Vishal Lacharkar alias Karry (23) and Manish Baban Nimbalkar (21) connected Tuesday afternoon.

Inspector Neelkath Jagtap of Mundhwa constabulary presumption said, “Multiple incidents person been reported successful the past successful which radical person been robbed, cheated and assaulted by persons they met connected assorted dating applications. Probes suggest that these suspects registry connected the dating exertion lone for the intent of targeting radical successful this manner. In galore cases, radical are acrophobic of coming guardant with complaints. We are making an entreaty to radical to workout caution portion utilizing the dating application, particularly portion gathering radical successful person. We are besides urging radical to travel guardant and study these crimes truthful that the perpetrators tin beryllium caught.”