Hyderabad Teacher and Husband Among Six Rescued from Myanmar Cyber Crime Compound
Six individuals from Armoor in Nizamabad district have returned safely to Hyderabad. They were allegedly trafficked to the notorious cyber crime hub of Myawaddy in Myanmar last year. The group includes a 23-year-old private school teacher and her 24-year-old husband.
Local police and the Indian embassy facilitated their flight back home. The victims sought help after enduring months of forced labor in online scam operations.
Complaint Leads to FIR Against Traffickers
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau registered a case on Monday. They acted on a complaint from one of the rescued victims. Authorities charged a local recruiter and others with human trafficking.
A 28-year-old farmer from Armoor filed the initial complaint. He told investigators that a friend named T Manideep approached him in September 2025. Manideep promised a data entry job in Thailand.
The farmer flew from Hyderabad to Bangkok on September 23. Another Telangana native, Challa Garige Naveen, received him there. Naveen then smuggled him across the border by road and boat. The destination was Dongmei Park in Myawaddy.
Victims Describe Harrowing Ordeal
"My passport was seized immediately," the complainant stated. "They changed my name to Jess. I had to sign an employment bond under duress."
Traffickers trained him to run social media romance scams. These scams specifically targeted citizens of the United States. The victim alleged that Naveen collected ₹1.7 lakh as a commission for trafficking him and several other Indians.
Five more victims from Armoor reported identical experiences. The group includes:
- A 29-year-old housekeeping worker
- A 31-year-old milk vendor
- A 26-year-old student
- The young teacher and her husband
All six received promises of data entry jobs in Thailand. Their journeys routed through Bangkok. Chinese syndicates allegedly run the cyber crime compounds in Myanmar where they ended up.
Brutal Conditions and Financial Exploitation
Victims informed police about physical abuse. They faced beatings for failing to meet daily targets. Guards forced them to perform strenuous physical exercises as punishment.
Anyone wishing to leave the compound had to pay a steep release fee of $5,000. The syndicates paid salaries in Thai baht. They converted these payments into rupees through cryptocurrency channels to avoid detection.
Daring Escape and Government Rescue
A government crackdown intensified in Myawaddy during the first week of December 2025. Traffickers attempted to move workers to Cambodia in response. The six victims from Armoor refused to go.
"We went directly to a local police post," one victim explained. "The police moved us to a rescue camp. This camp sheltered more than 200 other Indians."
The Indian embassy verified their identities. An Indian Air Force aircraft brought them to Delhi on January 7. They reached Hyderabad the following day.
Legal Action and Broader Impact
TGCSB officials confirmed that seventeen victims from Myanmar have returned to Telangana so far. The FIR against Manideep, Naveen, and others represents the first formal case.
Charges include multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita:
- Cheating
- Criminal intimidation
- Extortion
- Wrongful confinement
- Trafficking of persons
- Criminal conspiracy
Authorities also invoked Section 66D of the IT Act and provisions of the Emigration Act. This case highlights the ongoing threat of international cyber crime trafficking networks targeting vulnerable job seekers.
