The Economic Times

How a Gurgaon man paid 20,000 for a Thailand dream but instead woke up in a jungle guarded by guns

He was a 21-year-old Gurgaon student who just wanted a job. A Telegram message promised 80,000 a month in Thailand. Instead, he crossed jungles guarded by armed men, entered a secret cybercrime fortress in Myanmar, and faced a 3.9-lakh ransom or a one-year bond. What happened next nearly cost him everything.