Jharkhand’s unemployment crisis has been weaponized by traffickers, who promised golden opportunities abroad but delivered cyber enslavement. This explosive case, filed at Ranchi’s CID cyber crime thana, details how jobless youth were dispatched to Southeast Asia’s underbelly for forced online fraud.
Breakthrough came with Sartaj Alam’s arrest in Jamshedpur’s Azadnagar. The accused, in league with international partners, handpicked recruits for cyber scam factories. Agents dangled data entry roles in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Bangkok, fleecing victims for travel documents.
Reality hit hard overseas: documents stripped, confinement in ‘KK Parks.’ Forced training turned novices into scammers crafting fake WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook profiles. They preyed on foreigners with phony investment pitches, directing cash to controlled accounts via fraudulent platforms.
Defiant victims endured isolation and oversight. With 11 confirmed cases, the CID presses on under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, IT Act 66(B-D), and immigration statutes, probing fund routes and networks.
Public alert: Shun shady agents. Report suspicions to 1930 helpline promptly. As probes deepen, this scandal spotlights the perils of fake job lures amid rising joblessness.