A Haridwar resident who had gone to meet a woman he had supposedly befriended on the social networking site was allegedly robbed by the female and her accomplices at Dakrani area on Monday evening.
They took away his car, mobile phone and about Rs10,000 cash. Police said that preliminary investigation had revealed that the girl did not belong to the Dakpatthar area. Considering her language, she might be hailing from Saharanpur, Bijnor or some other place in western Uttar Pradesh.
Vikasnagar Circle Officer SK Singh said that Vishal Sharma registered a complaint in the Vikasnagar police station stating that he had reached Dakrani to meet with a girl on Monday evening after getting introduced to her through the social media.
The girl whom he met for the first time on Monday along with her female accomplice, later told him to accompany her to a house in Dakrani which she claimed was her own house. Soon after they reached the home, three persons came in to the house and started threatening him over his relationship with his girlfriend.
They beat him and forcefully took away his car, gold chain, mobile phone, ATM card and cash Rs10, 000 after which the five including the two females left the site. Sharma does not know much about the girl he had supposedly befriended and does not recall her mobile phone number.
Taking cognisance, a case under sections 384/394/120b of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in Sahaspur Police Station. The police said that a team has been formed to investigate the case with some of the team members also being sent to western Uttar Pradesh in search of clues.