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Seven persons held arsenic "cyber slaves" successful Myanmar and forced to transportation retired planetary fiscal frauds person been rescued and brought backmost to India pursuing a probe by the Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) transgression branch, a elder authoritative said connected Saturday (December 20, 2025).
They had been held astatine KK Park, a notorious "scam centre" successful Myawaddy Township successful that country, helium added.
"A probe began aft Mira Road residents Syed Irtiis Fazal Abbas Hussain and Ammar Aslam Lakdawala managed to instrumentality and record a ailment astatine Nayanagar constabulary station. The duo revealed they were lured by acquaintances Asif Khan and Adnan Sheikh with promises of jobs successful Bangkok betwixt July and September 2025. However, they were taken to Myanmar," Assistant Commissioner of Police Madan Ballal said.
"The victims were handed implicit to 3 persons identified arsenic Steve, Anna, and Leo astatine a institution called UU8. They were held nether the menace of carnal unit and forced to defraud overseas citizens. When they refused, the syndicate demanded a ransom of Rs 6 lakh each, paid done assorted Indian slope accounts, to unafraid their release," Mr. Ballal said.
A probe revealed that respective youths from Mira Bhayandar and Vasai-Virar were trapped successful this rhythm of cyber slavery, Crime Branch Unit I elder inspector Sushilkumar Shinde said.
"We traced the victims by analysing passport numbers, Myanmar-based IP addresses, and mobile data. This accusation was captious successful coordinating with the Indian Embassy successful Yangon done the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) successful New Delhi. On October 21, the Myanmar Army raided the KK Park," helium said.
Leveraging the information provided by the MBVV police, the Indian authorities successfully identified and repatriated 7 victims, including 4 from MBVV constabulary jurisdiction, this week, Mr. Shinde said.
"In this connection, we person arrested 4 cardinal accused from Mira Bhayandar, Surat successful Gujarat, and Visakhapatnam successful Andhra Pradesh. This was not conscionable astir section arrests. It was astir dismantling a pipeline that turned occupation seekers into integer prisoners," ACP Ballal said.
They person been charged nether the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for quality trafficking, kidnapping for ransom, cheating and different offences, helium added.
The probe into the fiscal trails of the ransom amounts is underway, Mr. Shinde said.
