Maharashtra Cyber, along with other agencies, rescued the victims, the official said, without giving details as to whether the operation was carried out inside Myanmar.”The accused include facilitators who helped the victims to take them to Myanmar”, said Additional Director General of Police (Maharashtra Cyber) Yashasvi Yadav.”During the investigation of the case, four accused were arrested by the Goa Police, while we arrested the main accused from Mumbai, who was an Indian conduit,” he said, adding that of the 60 victims, some could be named as accused if they were found to have played a role in it.To force the victims into cyber frauds, the accused persons used to torture them. In some cases, they would even pull out the nails of the victims.The passports of the victims were seized, and they were subjected to torture and threats, he said.After their rescue, the victims threw light on the network of agents and fraudulent call centre companies which lured job aspirants from India.Some of these companies operated under the garb of employment agencies, he said.Manish Grey alias Maddy, Taisan alias Aaditya Ravi Chandran, Rupnarayan Ramdhar Gupta, Jensi Rani D and Chinese-Kazakhstani national Talaniti Nulaxi were arrested for allegedly acting as recruitment agents.Manish Grey alias Maddy is a professional actor who has appeared in web series and television shows, the official said.Along with others, Grey allegedly recruited unsuspecting individuals and facilitated their trafficking to Myanmar, he added.Talaniti Nulaxi was allegedly planning to set up a unit in India to commit cybercrimes, he said, adding that further probe was on.
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