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Mumbai Police Detain 21 in Inter-State Dating App Extortion Ring

Authorities are probing linked scams involving digital arrests alongside sham trading platforms in Karnataka and Maharashtra

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After the dinner date, the waiter presented a bill of ₹35,000 for the food and hookah that they had ordered, said a police officer.
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Overview

  • Mumbai Police arrested 21 suspects, including six women and hotel staff, for luring men via fake dating-app profiles and diverting inflated club bills into third-party accounts.
  • Investigators are examining connections between Borivali and Malad operations and believe the network spans Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and local establishments in Mumbai.
  • The Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime unit in Karnataka is investigating a ‘digital arrest’ fraud that coerced a Mangaluru woman into transferring over ₹3.16 crore under false police threats.
  • West CEN Cyber Crime Police in Bengaluru have filed FIRs after residents lost more than ₹2.15 crore to fake stock-trading platforms and WhatsApp investment groups, with another ₹73.7 lakh lost to a matrimonial-site con.
  • Multiple FIRs under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Information Technology Act have been registered, and authorities have frozen assets while warning the public to exercise caution on dating and investment apps.