It was this friend who paid for the auto and administered first-aid to Apoorv. The 31-year-old had then somehow managed to take an auto to reach a friend, a doctor. It’s been five years, but the traumatic event still gives him nightmares. They took my phone and ATM cards – withdrew 25,000/- and threw me out,” he recounts, his voice cracking as he tries to recall the horrific incident which pushed him to depression.Īpoorv was suicidal for many months that followed. “When I woke up they were there and kept raping me and beating me one by one. Two more men joined them and he was forcibly taken to an unknown location where he was raped and robbed.Īpoorv said he was forcibly fed ‘some liquid’ and he lost consciousness after that. “I was nervously waiting from him when suddenly two men approached me from behind, held me tightly and started raining abuses,” Apoorv said, remembering the horror.Īpoorv’s ordeal didn’t stop here. He recounts how his ‘date’ had first asked to meet at Ramakrishna Ashram Marg metro station, but then kept changing the meeting point until Apoorv finally ended up near a secluded park. We met on Grindr, exchanged numbers, photos and quickly moved to WhatsApp,” Apoorv said. He didn’t expect it to turn into a nightmare. Apoorv*, 31, was very excited when someone he met on Grindr, a popular dating app for gay, bisexual and transgender men, asked him out on a date.