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A antheral from Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat, who was allegedly held captive by a cyber-fraud syndicate successful Cambodia, has been rescued and repatriated to India, constabulary said connected Saturday (November 22, 2025).
According to a connection issued by police, Vikas Rana, a nonmigratory of Ghenaura Silver Nagar village, had travelled to Cambodia for employment but was allegedly confined illegally and forced to instrumentality portion successful cyber-fraud operations.
Rana's wife, Dolly, filed a complaint, saying that her hubby was taken against his volition and made to enactment for the syndicate, it said.
Acting connected the complaint, the Additional Director General of Police (Meerut Zone) and the Deputy Inspector General (Meerut Range) directed the Baghpat cyber compartment to initiate a probe, it said.
Preliminary probe confirmed that Rana was held by a radical progressive successful luring youngsters overseas connected the pretext of jobs and past forcing them into cyber-fraud activities, constabulary said.
Following this, Baghpat constabulary maintained changeless connection with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) nether the Ministry of Home Affairs successful New Delhi, arsenic good arsenic the Indian Embassy successful Cambodia.
The connection said that done continuous coordination, Cambodian authorities helped rescue Mr. Rana from the alleged "slavery centre".
According to the statement, Mr. Rana has been repatriated to India.
Cyber slavery refers to the trafficking of people, often lured overseas with fake occupation offers, and forcing them to tally online fraud operations, which has emerged arsenic an organised transgression web successful countries similar Cambodia.
