In the wake of a human trafficking racket being busted here recently, Andhra💜 Pradesh police on Tuesday said around 300 Indians 'revolted' against their handlers in Cambodia on May 20, leading to most of them being arrested in the foreign country.
As many as 150 youth from the port city and its vicinity have been stuck in Cambodia for a year already, where they are being coerced to carry out 🅠cyber crime and ponzi scams by Chinese handlers, police said.
In the wake of a human trafficking racket being busted here recently, Andhra💜 Pradesh police on Tuesday said around 300 Indians 'revolted' against their handlers in Cambodia on May 20, leading to most of them being arrested in the foreign country.
As many as 150 youth from the port city and its vicinity have been stuck in Cambodia for a year already, where they are being coerced to carry out cyber crime and ponzi scams by Chinese handlers, policꦉe said.
Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner A Ravi Shankar noted that these trafficked Indians caused large scale riots in Jinbei and Compound, Sihanoukvile in Cambodia, which is allegedly a hub f🌠or cyber crime.
"Many people called up Visakha city police whatsapp numbers and sent videos. Yesterday (Monday), around 300 Ind♋ians 'revolted' in a large scale against their handlers in Cambodia," said Shankar in a release.
On May 18, Vizag police arrested Chukka Rajesh, S Kondala Rao and M Jnanesh🔴war Rao on human trafficking charges for luring youth from India with data entry jobs in Singapore but would actually traffic them to Cambodia for carrying out cyber crime.
Once in Cambodia, the youth would be held captive, tortured and compelled by Chinese handlers to execute scams such as task game fr🎀aud, stock market fraud and others, police said.
In an effort to extend assis﷽tance, police contacted the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and related departments to r💮epatriate the youth safely as most of them have been lodged in a jail after Monday's 'revolt'.
According to Visakhapatnam Joint Com𝕴missioner of Police Fakkeerappa Kaginelli, nearly 5,000 Indiansꦡ were trafficked to Cambodia from across the country through various agents.
Kaginelli told PTI that with the three arrestedꦜ persons, 150 youth have been traced to Cambodia.