Police rescues Indians forced into cyber slavery

The cyber wing of Maharashtra Police has rescued more than 60 Indian nationals who had been forced into cyber slavery in Myanmar and arrested five agents including a foreign national, an official said here on Friday.

Maharashtra Cyber has registered three First Information Reports in this regard, he said. The racketeers contacted the victims through social media platforms and offered them high-paying jobs in Thailand and other East Asian countries, he said. The agents arranged passports and flight tickets for the victims and sent them to Thailand on tourist visas. After landing in the country, they were sent to the Myanmar border where they were made to cross a river in small boats.