The Indian embassy in Cambodia announced on Thursday that an initial group of 60 Indian nationals, who were rescued from fraudulent employers by the embassy, have returned to India. The Indian mission expressed gratitude to the Cambodian authorities for their assistance. This development comes shortly after a disturbing incident in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam. According to the Andhra Pradesh police, approximately 300 Indians staged a revolt against their captors on May 20, leading to the arrest of a significant number of them in the foreign country. News agencies quoted the police as saying, “Many of these individuals have been held captive in Cambodia for a year, where they have been forced by Chinese handlers to engage in cybercrimes and ponzi scams.” Meanwhile, Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner A Ravi Shankar stated that numerous people contacted the Visakhapatnam city police via WhatsApp and shared videos. The report cited Visakhapatnam Joint Commissioner of Police Fakkeerappa Kaginelli as stating that close to 300 people from around the country were trafficked through various agents. Shankar emphasized that these trafficked Indians were responsible for large-scale riots in the Cambodian cities of Jinbei and Compound, Sihanoukville, which is reportedly a hub for cybercrime. On May 18, the police detained Chukka Rajesh, S Kondala Rao, and M Jnaneshwar Rao on charges of human trafficking for luring young Indians with promises of data entry jobs in Singapore, but instead transporting them to Cambodia to engage in cybercrimes. “In India, young people seeking employment opportunities are recruited by unregistered agents and subsequently dispatched to Cambodia via Bangkok or Singapore,” Ravi Shankar was quoted as saying by NDTV. The police reported that upon arrival in Cambodia, the young individuals were held captive, tortured, and coerced by Chinese handlers to carry out scams such as task game fraud, stock market fraud, and others.
Indian Nationals Rescued from Cambodia Return Home
