Tinder Row: Mother Stages Dharna Over Bank DGM’s Arrest

Reporters Today, Bhubaneswar: A day after DGM of a private bank arrested in the case of sexual assault after friendship with girl in chatting app Tinder, was forwarded to court, his mother today staged a dharna in front of the Chandrasekharpur police station opposing his DGM’s arrest and granting of bail to the girl.

The woman also threatened of committing suicide in front of the police station if the girl wasn’t arrested. “If both are similarly involved in the incident, why the girl was released while my son was arrested?  Notably, the girl, a college teacher, was yesterday granted bail while the banker and her three associates were forwarded to court. Chandrasekharpur Police have registered case against the bank official under Sections 328 and 376 of IPC while the trio has been booked under Sections 365, 420, 120 (b), 379 and 34 of IPC. The banker and the teacher came to know each other on the dating app on January 2 and exchanged mobile phone numbers on the very day.

However, both ended up filing complaint against each other at the Chandrasekharpur police station on January 10. “After exchanging contact numbers on Tinder on January 2, we decided to meet next day. She came to my room… we consumed liquor and had sexual intercourse. We clicked photos and made videos of our intimate moments on my mobile phone with mutual consent. Later on January 8, she telephoned me and requested me to take her to a hospital saying that she was undergoing severe headache,” the bank official said. “While I was taking her to the hospital on my motorcycle, her two associates intercepted the vehicle, thrashed me and forcibly took me to a house, where I was held captive for a day. They took away money and debit/credit cards from my possession, and also demanded Rs 5 lakh,” he added.

On the other hand, the girl accused him of ‘harassing’ her besides taking her photos and recording her videos without her ‘consent’ while she was ‘unconscious’.