Hyderabad: A man was reportedly honey-trapped by a woman and forced to pay a bill of Rs 29,000 during a date at the 36 Chemistry Pub in Jubilee Hills on Monday, September 28.
The man, identified as Hemanth, met Divya through the Quack-Quak dating app on Sunday, September 27. On Monday, Divya met Hemanth at Neeru’s Junction and insisted that they go to 36 Chemistry Pub.
After allegedly being duped, Hemanth approached the Jubilee Hills police and filed a complaint alleging that Divya colluded with the pub management to fleece him.
According to the Jubilee Hills police, the complainant stated that he consumed only one beer while Divya placed multiple orders. This resulted in a bill worth Rs 29,884, Hemanth also said that some beverages consumed by Divya were non-alcoholic, yet they were placed under the alcohol category.
Suspecting fraudulent billing, Hemanth questioned the staff; however, he felt threatened due to the presence of bouncers.
He alleged that while the staff surrounded him, the said woman escaped from the pub by falsely claiming to have paid Rs 10,000 through a fake transaction. He suspected that Divya and the pub management colluded to cheat and extract money from him.
Based on the complaint, the Jubilee Hills Police registered a case of cheating under section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Dating, followed by cheating
On July 1, 2026, a 23-year-old private employee from Hyderabad’s Manikonda was allegedly duped of Rs 3.28 lakh in a dating app scam after a woman recorded an intimate video call and blackmailed him with threats of circulating the footage on social media.
The man approached the cybercrime unit of the Cyberabad police and filed a complaint stating that the fraudster appeared naked and persuaded the victim to remove his clothes during their call.
She captured screenshots and recorded the video before threatening to upload the intimate content and circulate it among his Instagram followers unless he paid money. To avoid public humiliation, the victim transferred Rs 3,28,500 to a bank account provided by the fraudster.
