Greater Chennai police seek ban on Grindr app citing use in meth peddling

CHENNAI: Greater Chennai Police (GCP) has sought a ban on the dating app Grindr, used by the LGBTQ+ community, as they have found that it is being used as the mode of communication for peddling the synthetic drug methamphetamine in many cases.

The development has worried the LGBTQ+ community, who feel that this would give the general public an impression that the community are abusing and peddling drugs, leading to further stigmatisation. Notably, though there is a possibility of the drug being similarly peddled through other apps, an official said that they haven’t yet gathered any direct evidence of the same in the cases they have dealt with.