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The Mambalam constabulary arrested 3 adults and 2 juveniles connected charges of luring a backstage institution worker done the Grindr app, assaulting him, and robbing him of money.
Police said N. Hariharan, 28, a autochthonal of Dharmapuri district, is presently residing successful Saidapet and moving successful a backstage firm. On January 23, helium was speaking to a idiosyncratic named Saravanan whom helium had met done the Grindr app erstwhile the second shared a determination and asked him to travel to Kannammapet, T. Nagar.
Police said erstwhile Hariharan reached the spot, 2 persons took him to a location and confined him. Three others were already contiguous successful the house. These 5 persons allegedly assaulted Hariharan with an robust rod and robbed him of a three-gram golden ring, a metallic chain, a bracelet, and 2 mobile phones. They besides contacted 1 of Hariharan’s colleagues and received ₹5,000 done an online QR codification transaction.
Later, the accused took Hariharan connected a two-wheeler to a adjacent ATM centre and attempted to retreat wealth utilizing his ATM card. As the transaction was unsuccessful, they started taking him backmost to the country connected the two-wheeler. On the way, Hariharan, claimed to person jumped disconnected the conveyance and escaped.
Based connected a ailment lodged by Hariharan astatine the Mambalam Police Station transgression wing, the constabulary registered a lawsuit and took up investigation.
On investigating, the constabulary nabbed 5 progressive successful the transgression - Saravanan, 28, Saranraj, 21, and Sudhakar, 19, of Kannammapet, T. Nagar. Two juveniles progressive successful the lawsuit were besides questioned.
From them, the constabulary recovered a three-gram golden ring, 1 metallic chain, 1 bracelet, ₹1,500 successful cash, and seized 1 weapon and a two-wheeler.
The 3 arrested accused were produced earlier a tribunal and remanded successful judicial custody. The 2 juveniles were produced earlier the Juvenile Justice Board.
