Police in Chhawla arrested a four-member gang that extorted 2.15 lakh rupees from a man after befriending him on an app.
Reader brief
Through the Reader lens: A man from Mathura was lured to a house in Najafgarh after befriending a woman on an app. Once there, the group of three women and one man threatened to frame him in a rape case by posing as a police officer. They forced him to transfer 2.15 lakh rupees via cash and UPI transactions. Police have since arrested the four gang members and recovered 70,000 rupees.
What to watch next
- Ongoing investigation into other criminal cases involving Mandeep and Kamlesh in Haryana and Delhi.
- Investigation into the bank accounts used for the UPI transfers.
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