Youth assaulted in Kolkata by man he met on gay dating app

Kolkata: A youth has complained to the police that he was assaulted in the southern part of Kolkata by a person he had met on a gay dating app, an officer said on Friday.

An FIR was registered by the Patuli Police in the city, following which they have launched an investigation.

“The youth alleged that he was asked by the accused person, whom he met on a gay dating app, to meet him near Ballygunge railway station (in south Kolkata) on Monday. The accused was supposed to take the youth to his residence.