TNNLucknow: Police on Thursday arrested three men from a hotel near Kukrail Bridge for allegedly trapping a 23-year-old man through a dating app, assaulting him and extorting Rs 10,000 from him.The victim, a resident of Moradabad, approached the BBD police on Oct 7 and alleged that unidentified men had contacted him through a dating app and lured him into meeting them.According to the complaint, the accused took him away on a motorcycle, assaulted and abused him, and threatened him before forcing him to transfer Rs 10,000 through a payment app.Following the complaint, police registered an FIR against unidentified persons and formed a team to investigate the case. The team examined CCTV footage from the crime scene and surrounding areas.Based on the evidence collected during the investigation, police altered the case from Section 309(4) to Section 308(5) of the BNS and added Section 61(2)(a), which relates to criminal conspiracy.
