Noida police have arrested five robbers on Monday for allegedly looting people on a gay dating app. The trick that the accused had was to chat with gullible targets on the app and set up a meeting with then after that they will be robbed of their valuables, including jewellery or cash, the officials state.
The five accused belong to neighbouring Bulandshahr district.
On Tuesday all of them were travelling in a stolen car when they were held by the officers from the Phase 3 police station an encounter happened between them and the police, the encounter caused some bullet injuries to two of the accused.
The accused were identified as Kapil Sharma, Rahul Saini, Ajay Sharma, Rajkumar, alias Raj Sharma, and Manish.
A senior officer said The five alleged were also involved in several cases of loot and robberies.
A victim has registered an FIR against them, he claims he was forced by the accused to withdraw money from an ATM after the gang lured him to meet personally over the app.
After their arrest on Tuesday, massive wealth of stolen jewellery worth ₹30 lakh and two stolen cars, ₹1.14 lakh in cash, 24 wristwatches, among others were recovered, police said on their media statement.
