Archive · 19 Nov 2025
Gujarat Police Arrests Cyber Slavery Network Kingpin
Gujarat police caught the main person behind a big, bad group that tricked people into working for them in other countries.
These people were forced to do bad things on computers.
The main person, called 'The Ghost', was caught while trying to run away to another country.
He had many people working for him and sent them to other countries like Myanmar and Cambodia.
Gujarat police arrested Nilesh Purohit, alleged kingpin of an international cyber slavery network.
Purohit, known as 'The Ghost', was arrested in Gandhinagar while planning to flee to Malaysia.
He supplied Indian workers to cyber slavery compounds in Myanmar and Cambodia.
Purohit managed recruitment, trafficking routes, and financial arrangements for the network.
Victims were lured with high-paying job offers, trafficked, and forced to commit cybercrimes.
- Who
- Nilesh Purohit alias Neel, also known as 'The Ghost'
- What
- Arrested for running an international cyber slavery network
- When
- Tuesday
- Where
- Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Why
- To supply Indian workers to cyber slavery compounds in Myanmar and Cambodia
- Number of sub-agents managed
- Over 126
- Countries involved
- India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Egypt, Cameroon, Benin, Tunisia, Myanmar, Cambodia
- Estimated commission per person
- Rs. 1.6 lakh to Rs. 3.7 lakh
- Percentage paid to sub-agents
- 30 to 40 percent
- Transactions involved
- Crores of rupees through mule accounts and crypto wallets
