Visakhapatnam:

Within the wake of a human trafficking racket busted right here just lately, Andhra Pradesh police on Tuesday stated round 300 Indians ‘revolted’ in opposition to their handlers in Cambodia on Could 20, resulting in most of them being arrested within the international nation.

As many as 150 younger folks from Visakhapatnam and its neighborhood have been caught in Cambodia for a 12 months already, the place they’re being coerced to hold out cyber crime and ponzi scams by Chinese language handlers, police stated.

Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner A Ravi Shankar famous that these trafficked Indians precipitated giant scale riots in Jinbei and Compound, Sihanoukvile in Cambodia, which is allegedly a hub for cyber crime.

“Many individuals referred to as up Visakha metropolis police whatsapp numbers and despatched movies. Yesterday (Monday), round 300 Indians ‘revolted’ in a big scale in opposition to their handlers in Cambodia,” stated Shankar in a launch.

On Could 18, Vizag police arrested Chukka Rajesh, S Kondala Rao and M Jnaneshwar Rao on human trafficking fees for luring folks from India with information entry jobs in Singapore however would really visitors them to Cambodia for finishing up cyber crime.

As soon as in Cambodia, the folks could be held captive, tortured and compelled by Chinese language handlers to execute scams comparable to job recreation fraud, inventory market fraud and others, police stated.

In an effort to increase help, police contacted the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) and associated departments to repatriate the folks safely as most of them have been lodged in a jail after Monday’s ‘revolt’.

In keeping with Visakhapatnam Joint Commissioner of Police Fakkeerappa Kaginelli, practically 5,000 Indians have been trafficked to Cambodia from throughout the nation by varied brokers.

Fakkeerappa Kaginelli informed PTI that with the three arrested individuals, 150 folks have been traced to Cambodia.

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