A day after immigration officers at Kolkata Airport detained a key member of a digital-arrest fraud syndicate operating out of Cambodia, one of his associates, Md Tausif, was also apprehended on Monday. Tausif was arrested as he attempted to board a Thai Airways flight bound for Bangkok. He was stopped during immigration clearance and handed over to the police at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.
The 32-year-old, from Howrah Shibpur, was arrested based on intelligence gathered following the earlier detention of his boss, Mohsin Shaikh, in Goa. Authorities reported that Tausif admitted to being an agent who facilitated Indian nationals to work in a scam operation in Cambodia, for which he charged hefty fees. Recently, he assisted in sending four individuals to Cambodia, earning Rs 1 lakh for each transfer.
According to police, Tausif was part of an illegal racket that ran a fraudulent call centre in Cambodia. He is accused of trafficking people from India to Cambodia to work in this criminal operation, where they were involved in various online fraud activities. Tausif is currently in police custody as investigations continue.
