Eight held for loot using dating app in Odisha’s Rourkela

ROURKELA: Brahmani Tarang police on Saturday arrested eight members of a gang for looting people after luring them through a dating and meet-up app.

Panposh SDPO Upasana Padhi informed the modus operandi of the racket was to search for prospective victims through the dating and meet up app called Grindr. She said the gang through the app would lure the victims for a meeting at isolated places where the gang members would threaten them with weapons and rob them of their personal belongings. The accused also forcefully took the victims’ online banking details to transfer money.