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Three people allegedly concerned in fraudulently transporting individuals to Myanmar via Thailand to commit cybercrimes have been arrested, the Uttarakhand Particular Process Pressure (STF) mentioned.
In line with the STF, the arrested people are amongst these whose names emerged in the course of the interrogation of 9 victims from Bageshwar, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar districts, who had been just lately repatriated from Myanmar.
It said that a number of Indian youths from numerous states, together with Uttarakhand, who had been residing illegally in KK Park in Myawaddy city, Myanmar, had been repatriated. The 9 youths from Uttarakhand had been introduced right here from Delhi and handed over to their households.
The STF on Sunday (November 23, 2025) mentioned that in interrogation, it emerged that Indian brokers, below an organized scheme, allegedly defrauded these youths of considerable sums of cash, despatched them overseas utilizing Thai visas, after which illegally infiltrated them in KK Park in Myawaddy.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Indian brokers contacted the victims in individual or via cellular purposes equivalent to Telegram and WhatsApp, and after extorting cash, despatched them to Bangkok.
STF Assistant Superintendent of Police Kush Mishra mentioned that Sunil Kumar, a resident of Jaspur in Udham Singh Nagar district, Nirav Chaudhary and Pradeep, residents of Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district, have been arrested thus far.
Printed – November 24, 2025 09:53 am IST