Jaipur, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rajasthan Police’s State Cyber Crime Police Station has arrested three more accused in its ongoing crackdown on an international cyber slavery and human trafficking syndicate that allegedly lured Indian youths to Southeast Asian countries and forced them to work in cyber fraud operations run by Chinese criminal networks.
With the latest arrests, the total number of accused in the case has risen to eight, following the earlier arrest of five members of the organised racket.
The action is part of the state-wide anti-cybercrime campaign launched under the directions of Director General of Police Rajiv Kumar Sharma.
Additional Director General of Police (Cyber Crime) Vijay Kumar Singh said the international cyber slavery network is being systematically dismantled on the basis of intelligence shared by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), supported by technical analysis and digital evidence.
According to the investigation, the accused lured youths from Rajasthan and several other states by offering lucrative overseas jobs with monthly salaries ranging from USD 800 to USD 1,000.
Victims were sent to Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, where their passports and identity documents were allegedly confiscated.
They were then confined in cyber scam compounds and forced to commit various cyber crimes, including digital arrest scams, fake investment frauds, cryptocurrency scams and online job frauds. The three accused arrested on Wednesday have been identified as Arif Kathat alias “Deepu”, Kanu Singh alias “Python” and Firoz Kathat alias “Mafia”.
Investigators said Firoz Kathat alias “Mafia” travelled to Cambodia via Bangkok in late 2025, where he allegedly underwent training to pose as a woman on social media and lure Indian citizens into fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes.
He is also accused of managing fake online identities and mule bank accounts for the syndicate.
Kanu Singh alias “Python” allegedly travelled to Cambodia in April 2025 after being promised employment in the hotel industry. Police said he later joined the cyber fraud operation and recruited four more Indian youths to the scam compound in exchange for commissions.
Arif Kathat alias “Deepu” allegedly operated fake Facebook and WhatsApp accounts to lure victims onto fraudulent trading platforms displaying fabricated profits. Victims were then induced to pay large sums as processing charges under the guise of cryptocurrency investments and work-from-home opportunities.
Police said sustained interrogation of previously arrested accused Jeeturaj alias James, Ravi alias Mahi and Anil alias Devil, along with forensic examination of seized mobile phones, passports, WhatsApp chats, VPN records, foreign contacts and cryptocurrency-related digital evidence, has yielded crucial leads into the transnational network.
Investigators are now tracing the financial trail linked to alleged human trafficking, cyber slavery and cyber fraud involving transactions worth crores of rupees.
Rajasthan Police has urged citizens to exercise caution while accepting overseas job offers and online investment opportunities.
The public has been advised to verify the credentials of recruitment agencies and employers before accepting foreign job offers, never hand over passports or identity documents to unknown individuals or agencies, avoid social media investment offers promising guaranteed or unusually high returns and refrain from downloading suspicious links, applications or files.
It has also urged citizens to report cyber fraud, digital arrest scams or online financial fraud by calling the National Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 or through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (www.cybercrime.gov.in).
Source: IANS
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