Beneath the facade of overseas job prospects lies a dark web of exploitation targeting Jharkhand’s unemployed. A major bust by Jharkhand CID reveals trafficking to cyber slavery in Southeast Asian scam centers, with an FIR lodged at Ranchi’s cyber crime unit.
Sartaj Alam, picked up from Jamshedpur’s Azadnagar, spearheaded recruitment alongside foreign allies, channeling youth to fraud operations. Deceptive pitches for data jobs in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Bangkok involved upfront payments for sham visas and tickets.
Abroad, betrayal: passports taken, victims locked in ‘KK Park’ enclaves. They were drilled in scam artistry, generating bogus profiles on popular apps to solicit investments from unsuspecting foreigners through fake digital tools.
Non-compliance meant captivity. Eleven victims traced amid ongoing hunts. Charges under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, IT Act 66(B), 66(C), 66(D), and Immigration Act fuel the drive to dismantle finances and linkages.
CID appeals: Verify job offers rigorously. Use 1930 for fraud alerts. This investigation not only frees the trapped but warns of traps disguised as opportunities.