Hyderabad: A brand new clandestine operation involving pub homeowners and relationship apps got here to gentle when a person fell sufferer to a girl, whom he met by way of a relationship app. Reportedly, pub homeowners, in collaboration with girls, are luring businessmen by way of relationship apps and extorting cash from them.
Within the newest occasion, a person was trapped and compelled to shell out Rs 40,505 in a pub positioned at Gachibowli.
Suspecting that one thing was amiss on seeing the invoice, he checked Google evaluations of the pub and located comparable complaints from different victims.
The sufferer ‘met’ one Ritika on a relationship app. After putting an preliminary dialog, Ritika proposed a private assembly on the Hitech Metropolis metro station. After they met, she took him to Mosh Membership, located on the fourth flooring of a constructing.
On the membership, Ritika was at her cordial greatest whereas ordering costly drinks. The invoice got here to a staggering Rs 40,505. The transaction raised the sufferer’s suspicion because the fee was directed to an HDFC Checking account in Delhi, regardless of the institution being in Hyderabad.
Upon discovering discrepancies, the person researched the membership on-line and stumbled upon quite a few unfavourable evaluations implicating it in fraudulent actions.
Madhapur inspector G. Mallesh informed Deccan Chronicle that no official grievance had been lodged. “We got here to know of the incident after we had been approached by some reporters. The pub in query was reportedly closed in response to its proprietor. There may be each cause to imagine that some middlemen may be concerned on this rip-off. We’re open to research the matter, supplied somebody comes and lodges a grievance in opposition to the outlet,” he mentioned.
