Promised a job in Thailand, Mohammad Azam and his friend Junaid boarded a flight to Bangkok in September. On their arrival, however, they were smuggled through forests and rivers across the border to Myanmar. For over a month, the duo, along with several other Indian nationals, were allegedly forced into cybercrime.

In October, a few of them made a run for it, and on November 6, Azam and 20 others from Uttarakhand were among more than 300 Indians who were finally brought back home.

On Thursday, the Uttarakhand Cybercrime Special Task Force arrested a man, identified as Sunil Singh, for allegedly “recruiting” the 21 men from the state under the pretext of giving them jobs in Southeast Asia.

On their arrival in Bangkok, Sunil, along with his aide, who remains at large, facilitated the tra

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