Ghaziabad Crime Branch Arrests Four In Alleged Dating App Fraud

The Crime Branch of Police Commissionerate Ghaziabad has busted a gang accused of cheating people through dating apps by creating fake profiles in the names of women in Ghaziabad and the Delhi NCR region. Four members of the gang have been arrested.

Ghaziabad, 25 September 2026: Inspector Anil Rajput of the Ghaziabad Crime Branch led the action against the gang, which allegedly used dating apps to trap people through fake profiles. According to the police, the accused created profiles in the names of girls on dating apps and used them to chat with victims before cheating them.

Acting on the instructions of the Police Commissioner, Commissionerate Ghaziabad, the Crime Branch identified a gang that was allegedly operating through dating apps such as Tinder, Happn and Together. The police said the accused would create fake profiles in the names of girls, start conversations with people and then target them for fraud.

The arrested accused have been identified as Rahul Gupta, aged about 24 years, Manikant, aged about 37 years, Mohit, aged about 24 years, and Vishal, aged about 23 years. All the accused are residents of the Maliwara, Basant Road and Lohia Nagar areas of Ghaziabad.

During questioning, the accused told the police that they had been operating Off Binks Club, located in RDC Ghaziabad, for about the last one month. The police said the accused used fake profiles in the names of girls on dating apps to build friendship with victims.

After gaining the trust of the victims through chats, the accused allegedly called them to Off Binks Club in RDC for a meeting. There, the victims were made to meet different girls. According to the police, the girls would then order champagne, liquor, food, snacks, hookah and other items in large quantities.

When the bill was generated, members of the gang allegedly prepared an inflated bill several times higher than the actual amount and threatened the victims into paying it. The police said that if the victims refused to pay, the accused would show obscene videos made with the girls and blackmail them. Through this, they allegedly collected large sums of money from the victims.

During the arrests, the police recovered four mobile phones and one car bearing the number UP14GR0356. The police also said that several criminal cases had already been registered against Manikant. These include cases registered under the BNS at different police stations in Ghaziabad.

The criminal history of the other accused is still being checked, according to the police. The Ghaziabad Crime Branch team carried out the operation and claimed this success in the case.

Police have appealed to citizens to remain careful before meeting strangers through dating apps. They have also asked people to immediately report any incident of fraud or blackmail to the police.