TGCSB targets Indian recruiters working for Chinese Cyber Criminals with LOCs | Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: As part of a multi-pronged approach to curb cases of cyber slavery, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has so far issued six Look Out Circulars (LOCs) against Indian agents wanted in connection with such cases. One such agent was recently apprehended owing to a LOC issued by the TGCSB.This year, 24 cases of cyber slavery have been registered in the state, with officials arresting 14 accused, including local agents. While nabbing these local agents poses a significant challenge, a greater difficulty lies in establishing the true identities of Indian touts operating from Myanmar, Laos, or Cambodia, and bringing them to justice.For instance, in the case of Kolanati Nagashiva, aged 36, a resident of Jeedimetla, he is wanted in three cyber slavery cases filed at the TGCSB police station in Nizamabad and the Armoor police station in March 2025. In collusion with local job consultants from Metpally and Jagtial, Nagashiva posed as ‘James’ and conducted fake job interviews for the victims, deceiving them into travelling to cyber crime hubs in Laos under the pretext of data entry jobs in Thailand. Acting on complaints from the victims, TGCSB sleuths established the real identity of James as Kolanati Nagashiva through the arrest of local touts and subsequently issued a LOC against him. Unaware of the LOC, Nagashiva arrived at Kolkata airport from Laos on 19 May, where immigration officials detained him based on the LOC and handed him over to the TGCSB. The accused is currently in judicial custody.In another case, a victim from Nalgonda was duped by his friend from Hyderabad and forced to work in a cyber crime centre in Myanmar. The TGCSB arrested a local offender who acted as a conduit between two other Indian nationals suspected to be operating from Myawaddy in Myanmar. “My friend worked in Myanmar for over a year and returned to India due to ill health. Despite being fully aware of the cyber crime operations and appalling conditions, he still referred me there and demanded $1,500 as commission from the Indians in Myanmar who had previously worked with him,” the victim stated. TGCSB is also focusing on such Indian offenders operating from Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand who recruit for Chinese cyber criminals, and to date this year, has issued six LOCs against them.Of the 24 cyber slavery cases registered in Telangana this year, 10 are being investigated by TGCSB police stations, while the remaining 14 are being handled by police departments in other districts, including Hyderabad, Jagtial, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, and Nirmal. In these 24 cases, 14 individuals have been arrested, including Kolanati Nagashiva of Jeedimetla, Hithesh Arjana Soumya of Porbandar in Gujarat, and local agents Abhishek Gajula from Nagole and Basheer Ahmed from Bahadurpura.
