Man from Rajasthan held for running fake online escort service

A 25-year-old from Rajasthan was arrested by the Cyber Crimes unit of the Telangana CID for cheating people in the name of escort services. He was running the scam on a dating platform and assured the victims to provide escorts, including minors, said the police.

The Cyber Crimes unit arrested Naresh Patidar from Dungarpur, Rajasthan, after he was traced through technical evidence and was produced before the local court in Aspur, Rajasthan, for a transit warrant.

“Naresh operated the scheme through a website, deceiving victims with false promises. In one case, he claimed to arrange a 16-year-old minor girl, convincing the victim to transfer money, but failing to do so. We found 16 petitions of online fraud linked to him across the country,” said the police.

The accused used ₹50,000 from the scam to pay a contractor to build a house in his village in Rajasthan, added the police.