A woman, whose 26-year-old son has been held captive since mid-August in a fraud factory being run by Chinese scammers along the Thailand-Myanmar border, has accused the Thane police of dragging their feet in a case she has filed against two Indian agents. One of the agents has been blacklisted by the Indian Embassy in Myanmar for his alleged role in the job racket and has gone into hiding. The other has applied for pre-arrest bail.

The Kasarvadavli police in Thane initially refused to register a case, insisting that there was no need for one. After mid-day published the plight of the mother, they booked the agents, identified as Jagdish Kandpal, who is blacklisted, and Jagdish Tiwari, on October 29.