Pune: Man lured on dating app, thrashed & robbed

Pune: The Sinhagad Road police on Sunday launched a search for a gang of four men who robbed a 34-year-old of his valuables worth Rs 81,000 after luring him on a dating application for gay people.
One of the four men called the victim to a desolate location off Sinhagad Road on August 9 around 11.30am.
“The suspect then took him to a room located on an empty plot. Three more men barged inside soon after. They threatened him with a sharp weapon and forcibly took his gold rings, silver bracelet and wallet. They so recorded the entire incident. They then forced him to transfer Rs20,000 from his e-wallet and also took the PIN of his debit card and withdrew Rs14,000 from a ATM. They threatened him to not to reveal anything about the incident to anyone, else they would post his video on social media platforms,” assistant inspector Satish Umare said.
The man, an employee of a private company, did not approach the police immediately as he did not want his wife and family members to know about it. On his friend’s insistence, the man on Sunday lodged an FIR with the Sinhagad Road police. “We have registered a case of robbery. Our probe is on,” Umare said