Online racket busted 24 hours after plaint

Mysuru: Sleuths of the Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) wing arrested, within 24 hours of the complaint being filed, a man who swindled his victim of Rs 3,000 through an online dating application. In his complaint, the victim said that he was promised massage service, for which he had paid a sum of Rs 3,000 through a digital wallet. Following the transfer of the money, the fraudster reportedly went incommunicado.
Police said that the dating app claimed to provide massage service by college girls, video call service by girls in the nude and interaction with women for its customers. “The operators collect up to 50% of the money for each service,” CEN sleuths said.
The investigation into this racket has thus far revealed that more than 80 customers had cumulatively lost more than Rs 8 lakh. Police have reportedly decided to pursue investigation into the case.