<p>Kolkata: A youth has complained to the police that he was assaulted in the southern part of Kolkata by a person he had met on a gay dating app, an officer said on Friday.</p>.<p>An FIR was registered by the Patuli Police in the city, following which they have launched an investigation.</p>.TV actress alleges molestation, threat of acid attack in Kolkata; police start investigation.<p>"The youth alleged that he was asked by the accused person, whom he met on a gay dating app, to meet him near Ballygunge railway station (in south Kolkata) on Monday. The accused was supposed to take the youth to his residence.</p>.<p>"He, however, brought the youth inside an abandoned building where he was assaulted by the accused and his associates," the police officer said.</p>.<p>The attackers also recorded videos of the assault, he said.</p>.<p>They also allegedly took his mobile phone away, but returned it later. The SD card containing personal data was, however, stolen.</p>.<p>"They also demanded Rs 20,000 from the victim. They also threatened to harm his famiy if the amount is not paid," he said.</p>.<p>The youth, however, managed to leave the place without paying them.</p>.<p>The police were trying to identify the suspects using information obtained from the dating app, he said. </p>
<p>Kolkata: A youth has complained to the police that he was assaulted in the southern part of Kolkata by a person he had met on a gay dating app, an officer said on Friday.</p>.<p>An FIR was registered by the Patuli Police in the city, following which they have launched an investigation.</p>.TV actress alleges molestation, threat of acid attack in Kolkata; police start investigation.<p>"The youth alleged that he was asked by the accused person, whom he met on a gay dating app, to meet him near Ballygunge railway station (in south Kolkata) on Monday. The accused was supposed to take the youth to his residence.</p>.<p>"He, however, brought the youth inside an abandoned building where he was assaulted by the accused and his associates," the police officer said.</p>.<p>The attackers also recorded videos of the assault, he said.</p>.<p>They also allegedly took his mobile phone away, but returned it later. The SD card containing personal data was, however, stolen.</p>.<p>"They also demanded Rs 20,000 from the victim. They also threatened to harm his famiy if the amount is not paid," he said.</p>.<p>The youth, however, managed to leave the place without paying them.</p>.<p>The police were trying to identify the suspects using information obtained from the dating app, he said. </p>