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The modus operandi of these scams has been uncovered by Midday, which says that women open their accounts on dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, etc, and match with people. Then they ask their matches to meet at clubs or pubs with which they already have tie-ups. The women who bring the men to the clubs are awarded 15-20% of the bill amount by the staffers.

The Mumbai crime branch has recovered Rs 13.63 crore in cash and valuables from Khar resident Hiren Bhagat, the sixth accused in the Rs 164 crore extortion bid against a city developer

The complainant asserted that from June 2022 to November 4, 2023, Bhati and his close associates threatened him and told him not to go to court to testify.

While hearing his bail plea on Friday, the court refused to provide any relief to Sachin Vaze and adjourned the hearing in the case till March 19.