Team Goemkarponn
Calangute: Calangute police have registered a case of cheating and extortion following a complaint by a tourist from Gujarat who was allegedly duped through an online escort service scam.
According to the complaint lodged by Yash Shah, a resident of Surat, Gujarat, the incident occurred prior to January 11 at Calangute, Bardez. The complainant stated that he and his friends Moksh Hardik and Aagam Vijaybhai, while holidaying in Goa, searched online for escort services and contacted an unknown accused (Accused No.1), who finalized a deal of ₹15,000 for three girls and forwarded photographs.
However, police said that only two girls arrived, and they were different from the photographs shown earlier. Subsequently, Accused No.2 and Accused No.3, allegedly acting with common intention, entered the room, created a scene and threatened to falsely implicate the complainant and his friends unless additional money was paid.
The accused allegedly forcibly snatched the complainant’s mobile phone and unauthorisedly transferred ₹96,000 and ₹16,200 from his bank account, totalling ₹1.12 lakh.
Based on the complaint received on January 23 at 1.20 pm, a case has been registered against Accused Nos. 1 to 3 for cheating and extortion. PSI Kiran Naik is conducting further investigation.
