India, March 14 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of Dahisar resident Jerry Jacob, who has been arrested for allegedly luring job-seekers with promises of lucrative overseas employment and trafficking them to illegal call centres operating in Laos, Cambodia and other South East Asian countries.

A division bench of justices A S Gadkari and Shyam C Chandak refused to grant bail to the 46-year-old, noting that there was prima facie material suggesting his involvement in an organised crime syndicate engaged in human trafficking.

The court observed that the trafficked victims were allegedly forced to carry out cyber frauds targeting unsuspecting people across the world, primarily in the United States, the United Ki...