Hyderabad Man Lured to Thailand, Trapped in Cybercrime Racket

• A 23-year-old Hyderabad youth, Mir Sajjad Ali, was promised a well-paid job as a digital sales executive in Thailand but was trafficked to a cybercrime center near the Thailand–Myanmar border.
• He was initially offered a salary of nearly Rs 1 lakh, luxury accommodation, and work at a modern call center, but within two weeks, he was confined in an overcrowded house and forced into online scam operations.
• Mir's family was initially misled about his job, with him showing a good workplace during video calls, but he later made a distress call, revealing he was beaten and abused for refusing to scam people.
• Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi highlighted the case, stating at least 16 Indian nationals, including three from Hyderabad (Mir, Sameer Khan, Arshad), are held captive and forced to work 18-20 hours daily without proper care.
• Victims were blindfolded, taken to an unknown city, tortured, and deprived of passports, phones, and medical attention, having traveled on visit visas instead of promised work visas.

Why It Matters: Indian youths are being lured to Thailand with fake job offers and forced into cybercrime rackets.