[ 2017-04-06 ]

The two men: Torsu Stephen and Aikins Atitsogbe

Police grab two for forcing man to strip naked
For compelling a man to strip naked and taking
pictures of him against his wish, two men, who
allegedly subjected the victim to such an abuse,
have been busted by the police.

The two men, Torsu Stephen, 23, a caddy, and
Aikins Atitsogbe, 21, a mobile money shop
attendant, and four others are said to have lured
the victim, who is a social worker, to their house
and stripped him naked.

The four other suspects, identified only as
Courage, Willie, Semanu and Dickson, are said to
have taken a number of pictures of the victim
after they had stripped him naked.

They also attempted to extort money from him.

Internet dating

Briefing journalists in Accra, the Tesano
Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent
Ms Lydia Donkor, said one of the suspects, Torsu,
met the victim on an internet dating platform
known as Grindr.com.

After the two had established friendship, Torsu,
on April 1, 2017, invited the victim to his house
at Christian Village, near Achimota in Accra.

Around 3:30 p.m. on the same day, they two were
said to have met at a point close to Torsu’s
house from where he led the victim to his (Torsu)
house and ushered him (victim) to his room.

A few minutes after, Aikins and the other four
accomplices also entered the room and locked the
door.

Ms Donkor said they stripped the victim naked and
collected his Samsung mobile phone, a power bank
and GH¢70 from his pocket.

Detention

The Divisional Police Commander said the victim
was released four hours later, following his
pleas.

After releasing him, she said they threatened to
post the naked pictures on the internet, if he did
not pay Gh¢1,000 to them.

The victim is said to have made a report to the
police after which, with the assistance of the
police, he called Torsu to meet him for the
money.

Ms Donkor said the police there and then arrested
Torsu and Aikins when they showed up for the
money.

Source - Graphic.com.gh

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