Delhi police catch scamster in Hyderabad after 2,500 km chase

A man was arrested from Hyderabad by the Delhi police on Saturday for forcing several youngsters from India to commit cyber crimes through fake call centres on the promise of getting them jobs abroad after a 2,500-km chase.

The accused, Kamran Haider alias Zaidi, carried a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his information by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Zaida, along with his associates, trafficked vulnerable young Indian men to the Golden Triangle Region in Southeast Asia, where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet, and force them to work in Chinese companies. Then, their passports would be taken away and they would be forced into cyber crimes.


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Zaida was on the run and the police had deployed teams in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to catch him, said Delhi police.

Zaidi's location was traced in Hyderabad after manual inputs and technical surveillance. "He was arrested after a long persevering chase of 2,500 kilometres by the team without any rest near Nampally Railway Station in Hyderabad while he was trying to escape another hideout," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Manoj C said.

The scam was revealed after an FIR was registered in New Friends Colony in Delhi on the complaint from Naresh Lakhwat on May 27. He had told the police that he was looking for a job when he came across a consultancy firm called Ali Internation Service.

Lakhwat got job offers from Laos and Thailand through the firm. The company eventually sent him to Thailand where his passport was snatched and he was forced to work in a Chinese firm.

The Chinese company scanned Indians online, Lakhwat told the police. The case was later transferred to the NIA.

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

The investigation also found out that the people sent from India to foreign countries for jobs were treated poorly. The traffickers also used to extort money through cryptocurrency from those who tried to escape their net.