Vadodara/ Anand: Anand police arrested 4 members of a gang, who allegedly blackmailed males after befriending them on a social networking app for homosexual, bisexual and transgender folks by recording their objectionable movies and extorting cash from them.
Based mostly on a grievance filed by a person from Surat, the cops arrested 4 accused together with three natives of Surendranagar and one from Botad city.
On July 23, the person from Surat, who works at a non-public agency, had come to Anand to fulfill his relative. He met one of many accused who after a video name invited him to a lodge.
“The accused recorded objectionable movies of the complainant. They threatened him, extorted Rs 4,500 money and Rs 40,000 price of gold chain from him. The accused had additionally threatened to make the movies viral on social media platforms and demanded Rs 5 lakh. The complainant later registered a grievance with Anand city police station,” stated deputy superintendent of police B D Jadeja.
“Based mostly on human inputs and technical surveillance, we arrested 4 males whereas the fifth accused is more likely to be arrested quickly,” stated Jadeja. The accused have been recognized as Meru Rabari, Shakti Bajipura and Tanveer Ahmed Juneja — all residents of Surendranagar and Aasif Ali Liyakat Andani, from Botad. The cops are trying to find Kuldeep Charola, one other resident of Surendranagar. “We’re additionally investigating whether or not the accused had lured different males as properly,” he stated.
The police have seized a automobile utilized by the accused together with six cellphones, money and knives.
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