How Delhi Police caught a human trafficker in India

2,500 km chase, Chinese company that defrauded Indians: how police caught human traffickers

The man was arrested by Delhi Police from Hyderabad yesterday.

New Delhi:

A man who forced many young men from India to commit cybercrimes through fake call centers with the promise of getting them jobs abroad was arrested by Delhi Police in Hyderabad yesterday after a 2,500 km chase.

Kamran Haider alias Zaidi was given a reward of Rs 2 lakh for information leading to his arrest, stated by the National Investigation Agency.

Zaidi and his accomplices smuggled vulnerable young Indian men into Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle, where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet, and forced them to work in Chinese companies. Their passports would be confiscated once these men reached foreign countries and they would be forced into cybercrime.

According to Delhi Police, Zaidi was constantly changing his location and police had deployed teams in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to nab him.

After manual entry and technical supervision, Zaidi’s location was finally traced to Hyderabad. “He was arrested after a long, persistent chase of 2,500 kilometers by the team without any rest near Nampally railway station in Hyderabad while he was trying to escape from another hideout,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Manoj C said.

The scam came to light after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered in Delhi’s New Friends Colony on May 27 on the complaint of a person named Naresh Lakhwat. He had told police he was looking for a job when he came across a consultancy firm called Ali International Service.

Through the company he received job offers from Thailand and Laos. The company eventually sent him to Thailand, where his passport was confiscated and he was forced to work in a Chinese company.

The Chinese company used to scan Indians online, Lakhwat told police. The case was later transferred to the National Investigative Agency (NIA).

An investigation by the NIA unearthed the entire module and it was revealed that the young men were sent to the Golden Triangle where they were forced to dupe Indian, European and American citizens online.

The investigation revealed that Manzoor Alam alias Guddu, Sahil, Ashish alias Akhil, Pawan Yadav alias Afzal and their leader Zaidi were involved in human trafficking.

The study also found that people sent abroad from India for work were treated poorly. The traffickers also attempted to extort money through cryptocurrency from those who tried to escape their net.