Used To Get 'cyber Slavery' Done By Taking People Abroad In The Name Of Job, CBI Arrested The Mastermind From Mumbai
CBI has arrested Sunil Nellathu Ramakrishnan, the mastermind of international cyber crime gang from Mumbai. This gang used to take Indians to Myanmar on the pretext of jobs and force them into cyber slavery.
CBI arrested the mastermind from Mumbai. (file)
State Bureau, Mumbai. The CBI on Thursday arrested Sunil Nellathu Ramakrishnan, the mastermind of the international cyber crime gang, from Mumbai. Who used to take job seekers from India abroad and force them into cyber slavery.
CBI officials said on Thursday that the CBI has arrested the alleged leader of a gang involved in trafficking innocent Indian citizens on cyber scam bases in Myanmar.
Used to take cyber slaves abroad
According to CBI, accused Sunil Nellathu Ramakrishnan allegedly used to send Indian citizens looking for employment to a center located in Myawaddy area (KK Park) of Myanmar, where they were made to commit cyber crimes. After going there, passports of people who went to work were snatched. Due to which it was not possible for them to escape from there and they got trapped in the web of cyber slavery for a long time.
The investigation revealed that an organized international criminal gang lured victims to Thailand under the pretext of lucrative job opportunities. The victims are first taken from Delhi to Bangkok and then secretly deported to Myanmar, where they are forced to work in cyber scam centres.
Victims were subjected to cyber crimes – CBI
The statement said that once trapped, the victims were forced to commit various cyber crimes such as digital kidnapping, romance, fraud and cryptocurrency investment scams targeting victims across the world, including India. CBI says trafficking victims are wrongfully imprisoned. Are constantly threatened. They are subjected to physical and mental abuse, and their movements are restricted.
The CBI studied the modus operandi of the rackets supplying human resources to these cyber slavery centers by obtaining detailed information from the victims brought back from Thailand in March and November 2025.
CBI seized virtual assets worth Rs 2.8 crore
According to the CBI, Sunil alias Krish emerged as one of the key facilitators and ringleaders in this human trafficking network, which has been instrumental in the illegal transportation and exploitation of victims in South East Asia. After keeping a close watch on Sunil for a long period, he was arrested as soon as he landed in Mumbai.
The CBI, during a search of his residence, has recovered incriminating digital evidence linking him to human trafficking operations in Myanmar and Cambodia. CBI has seized Virtual Digital Assets (VDA) worth Rs 2.8 crore and unaccounted cash worth Rs 22 lakh from the possession of the accused.
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