Dating app and the brave mother

 The perilous way in which a Kolkata man was abducted after he registered for a dating app and the bitter consequences he faced during the course of his involvement with the dubious app has raised concerns about such fraudulent apps which target people to extract money from them. The unsuspecting youth desirous of spending his time in an enjoyable way befriended a lady who was using a fake profile of which he was not aware and was invited to the women's flat where he was confined and assaulted by several people belonging to the unscrupulous network that wanted to make monetary profits by targetting him. The gang demanded a ransom of Rs one lakh from his mother after calling her up and letting her know about her son's condition. But the mother stood firm  and did not let the threat posed by the criminals unnerve her. She instantly sought the help of the police who instructed her to let her son's abductor know that she was willing to pay for her son's release. As told by the cops she asked the gangsters to come to a point to collect the ransom where the police were waiting to nab the culprits.As soon as the members of the gang running the dating app reached the predetermined spot the cops pounced on them and took them into their custody. The man who wanted to go on a pleasant dating  but his experience turned sour following the abduction was eventually rescued by the police.Such undesirable dating apps are on the rise where victims are threatened and forced to pay at random . It is high time that the government should formulate a policy to stop the functioning of such apps that dupe people at their own will.


By Anjishnu Biswas 

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