India, Oct. 5 -- The Mira-Bhayander-Vasai-Virar police have busted an international cyber slavery racket with the arrest of two people. The police said that several youths from Mira-Bhayander were promised lucrative jobs in Thailand and were illegally taken to Myanmar, where they were forced into cyber slavery. They were asked to pay Rs.6 lakh each if they wanted to be released, said the police.

"Working on the information, our teams arrested an agent called Asif Khan alias Nepali, a resident of Naya Nagar, while Rohit Mardhana, a resident of Visakhapatnam was arrested from Surat," said a police officer. "The Rs.6 lakh was accepted by Mardhana and sent to the kingpins of the racket who are based out of foreign countries."

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