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XNew Delhi: The CBI has arrested two persons in connection with the trafficking of Indians for cyber slavery — an emerging form of human trafficking — from scam compounds located in Myanmar, officials said Wednesday.

The CBI has started an investigation based on the identification of agents by the trafficked victims who were brought from Myanmar through the efforts of the central government, they said.

The agency has registered two cases related to the matter, following which Soyal Akhtar and Mohit Giri, who had allegedly trafficked victims from Rajasthan and Gujarat to Myanmar, were taken into custody.

These individuals were returning from abroad when they were arrested on arrival.

"These cases pertain to offences of human trafficking and wrongful confinement, carrying punishm

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