National Investigation Agency NIA has attached the properties of an absconding accused in a major case related to transnational human trafficking and cyber fraud. This action has been taken on the orders of the Special Court of Patna NIA.
According to NIA, accused Anand Kumar Singh has a flat in Thane, Maharashtra and a land in Siwan, Bihar. Both these properties were purchased by the accused in the name of his wife. Investigation has revealed that this money was earned from human trafficking. Anand Kumar Singh is currently living in Cambodia and is an Indian citizen.
The agency’s investigation revealed that the accused was part of such a gang. Who used to trap the youth of India by promising them good jobs abroad. They were sent to countries like Cambodia. As soon as they reached there, the passports of the youth were snatched and they were forcibly sold to cyber fraud companies.
If any youth refused to work in these fake call centers or cyber fraud, he was beaten and mentally tortured. NIA has recorded statements of many victims during the investigation which exposed this entire network.
On December 10, the NIA Special Court of Patna had ordered the confiscation of both these properties considering them as proceeds of crime. The court has also said that the money received after the auction will be deposited in the government account. NIA says that investigation is going on to break the entire link of this international gang and there may be more big revelations in the coming days.
