Befriending an unknown person on social media cost dearly to an 18-year-old student in Mumbai. The student befriended a person online and the two exchanged phone numbers. Last week, the man called the student to Goregaon, where he beat him up and escaped with his mobile phone.

After losing his mobile phone, the student approached MHB police and registered a complaint. The police, with the help of the call data record (CDR) of the complaint’s phone, traced the accused and arrested him from Goregaon on Monday. The police also recovered the victim’s mobile phone from the accused, identified as Deepak Yadav (20).