Noida: The gang allegedly sedated and robbed several people after being related to them through a dating application in Noida had been damaged.
Three members, including two women, were arrested at Bhangel on Tuesday.
According to the police, the defendant has been identified as Vinod, a resident of Vijay Nagar, Puja Sharma from Muradnagar and Pamam Mehto from Delhi.
Gold and silver ornaments of Rs 5 lakh, 10 debit cards, four cellphones and some sedatives have recovered from them.
Two other members were running, police said.
The gang was allegedly friends with people in the dating application and called them to meet at the hotel.
There, they offer a target of cold drinks mixed with sedatives.
As soon as the target fell unconscious, the suspects used to escape with their valuables.
On January 8, one of the women who was arrested called Sector 82 residents, which he had met in the dating application, asked him to meet him in a hotel.
The man arrived in his car.
“The woman met her at the hotel and talked to her for a while, after that she said she had to meet someone immediately.
He borrowed the man’s car and left.
While the man kept waiting, he didn’t return,” said ADCP (Noida Central) Eamaran G .
He then lodged a complaint and FIR filed under Section 406 (criminal breach of trust) of IPC at Police Station Phase 2.
“our investigation has revealed that a stolen car with them.
We have launched a search to arrest them,” said an officer.
ADCP, meanwhile, the police said the tip-off accused would be near the short Chowk in Bhangel on Tuesday.
A police team reached the place and caught the trio.
“The accusation is used to approach people and talk to them in a date application and then call them to the hotel and guesthouse.
They pay the victims and rob them,” he said.
The trio is produced in court and sent to durable on Tuesday.