Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (PTI) The Gujarat police have arrested the alleged kingpin of an international cyber slavery network being operated by Chinese gangs from Myanmar and Cambodia, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi has said.

The Cyber Centre for Excellence of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID-Crime) arrested Nilesh Purohit, alias Neel, who allegedly supplied Indian workers to 'cyber slavery' scam compounds in Myanmar and Cambodia, the minister told the media on Tuesday.

Purohit, known as 'The Ghost', was arrested from Gandhinagar while allegedly planning to flee to Malaysia, said Sanghavi, the Gujarat home minister.

The CID-Crime had recently nabbed two of Purohit's main associates, sub-agents Hitesh Somaiya and Sonal Faldu. Two more accused involved in the racket, Bhavdeep Jad

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