Overview
- Saki Naka police deployed a 37-year-old Khar resident as a decoy at Heaven Terrace 72 Cafe in Andheri East to expose the scheme.
- Officers reported arrests following the operation and registered a case naming 13 suspects, including manager Mayank Katuria and operators Mayur Didole and Nitesh Amadaskar, as well as a bouncer.
- A court remanded the arrested suspects to police custody until March 16.
- Victims reported being invited via dating apps, presented with expensive orders, and then pressured by bouncers to settle bills typically between ₹15,000 and ₹40,000.
- Police invoked BNS sections 308 (extortion) and 318 (cheating) and IT Act sections 66(C) and 66(D), and investigators alleged menus hid prices and that water was billed as liquor at the unlicensed outlet.