Common interests, friendship, and companionship: These are some of the reasons why many single people join dating apps. However, when Vijay Kamal Kumar (28) and Rahul (35) created an account on one such app, it was for a different reason — quick money for a better lifestyle. The duo would make a fake account on the app, pretend to be interested in the women they matched with — and rob them of valuables during visits to their houses, said police.
Delhi Police arrested the duo on June 18. The matter came to light after a 35-year-old woman filed a complaint on May 31, stating that she was assaulted and robbed by a man she had met on the app and his friend. The woman — who lives with her two children in West Delhi after separation from her husband — stated in the complaint that she interacted with a man, who went by the name Jatin, on the app for two to three days before inviting him to her house, police said.
Advertisement According to the FIR , Jatin showed up with his friend around 12 pm. “While the two of us were interacting, his friend waited in the other room. Later, my son came to me to inform me that the friend had been taking a tour of my house while talking over the phone,” the woman said in the complaint.
Not making much of it, the woman agreed to meet Jatin again at her place the same night. Jatin showed up with his friend around 10.30 pm.
While the trio was interacting, Jatin’s friend suddenly grabbed the woman by her throat and hit her in the face, sai.
