India, April 5 -- Police on Friday arrested two of the five suspects for allegedly robbing a 24-year-old BTech student of Rs.99,733 after befriending him through a social media platform in December 2024.

Police identified the suspects as Arpit Yadav, originally from Etawah, and Prince Kumar from Mainpuri. Both reside in rented accommodation in Greater Noida and do part time jobs, officers said.

The victim told HT that he came across a man via social media platform and on December 7, the man asked him to meet outside his college. Then, he took him on a bike to an isolated area in Surajpur where four other men blocked them and robbed the student forcing him to use his UPI ID and password, linked to his mother's account.

"I approached the...