“The investigation stems from a complaint filed by Imtiyaz Babu, a resident of Bawana, who was among several Indian nationals rescued by Myanmar military forces during a raid on a scam complex in Myawaddy on October 22,” a senior police officer said.
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The Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of Delhi Police has busted a major transnational human-trafficking racket, arresting two accused who allegedly trafficked young Indians to Myanmar and forced them into cyber-fraud operations, an officer said on Saturday.
According to the police, the two key accused — Danish Raja, 24, of Delhi’s Bawana, and Harsh, 30, of Faridabad — were arrested for allegedly luring jobless youths with promises of high-paying data-entry jobs abroad and then trafficking them to scam centres across the Myanmar border.
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“The investigation stems from a complaint filed by Imtiyaz Babu, a resident of Bawana, who was among several Indian nationals rescued by Myanmar military forces during a raid on a scam complex in Myawaddy on October 22,” a senior police officer said.
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Adding further, he said, “After being given temporary refuge in a humanitarian camp, the victims were repatriated to India with the assistance of the Indian Embassy on November 19.”
Subsequent examination by the IFSO, along with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs, revealed that the men had been trafficked for cyber-slavery.
According to the police, the victims were transported through Kolkata to Bangkok and onward to Myawaddy using illegal cross-border routes. Once inside the KK Park scam compound, they were confined, assaulted, and forced at gunpoint to operate cyber-fraud schemes targeting U.S. citizens.
Following an FIR registered at the Special Cell under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Immigration Act, a specialised IFSO team arrested Raja from Bawana on Thursday.
According to the officer, Raja admitted to working with Myanmar-based handlers and had continued recruiting Indians even after being deported himself in March 2025. Co-accused Harsh was also apprehended during the operation.
Two mobile phones containing incriminating chats with overseas handlers have been seized, and forensic analysis is underway.
“Investigators believe the network used multiple vehicle transfers, illegal border crossings, and intimidation tactics to sustain large-scale scam operations,” the police said, adding that efforts are underway to trace the financial trail and identify additional members of the syndicate.
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