The Malvani police have arrested three people and have exposed a gang that was allegedly running a gay sex racket through an online application for the past several months. According to police sources, the accused contacted the members of the gay community through the mobile application Grindr and guaranteed them strong young men for sex at affordable rates at their office or home, in the Malvani area. The arrested accused have been identified as Irfan Furkan Khan 26, Ahmad Farooq Shaikh, 24, and Imran Shafiq Shaikh, 24. Sohail and other unknown accused are still at large.

Victim assaulted, blackmailed

The racket came to light after a 23-year-old accountant, through the app, expressed his interest. The accused demanded Rs 1,000 for one hour. After everything was finalised, the victim reached the accused’s office, near Mohd Rafique Ground, Malvani at around 9:30 pm. The accused Khan was appointed to have sex with the victim. However, he had expressed his inability as he was busy with some other work. Khan then reached out to another person. He also expressed his unavailability. Khan then reached out to his two other co-workers.