“Dispute over payment” with someone he met through a gay dating app led to the murder of a 22-year-old house help in the Charu Market area of Kolkata, police said on Monday after arresting a 30-year-old man from Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district.

Saddam Alam, 30, had met 22-year-old Abinash Bauri, a resident of Barakar in Asansol, through Grindr, a gay dating app, said police.

“The accused, Alam, came to the location sent to him by Bauri. Alam was received by Bauri, who took him to his rented flat. As per the statement of Alam, there was some dispute over payment. He then stabbed Bauri with a kitchen knife and fled,” a police officer involved in the investigation said.

Bauri’s body was found on Saturday evening at his rented flat on Deshpran Shasmal Road. He was employed as a house help by a shopkeeper.

The postmortem report confirmed stab wounds on Bauri’s upper chest, frontal neck, face, and left arm, an official said.

Alam works as a waiter for various caterers and was previously employed at a well-known restaurant in the Park Street area.