Thane man held 'captive, tortured' in Thailand, alleges his brother

A man based in Maharashtras Thane city has lodged a police complaint alleging that his younger brother has been held captive in Thailand by his employer company since the last one month which is demanding USD 3000 for his release an official said on ThursdayThe victim Ashish Dubey 31 also a resident of Thane had gone to Thailand on September 12 and since then he has been tortured mentally and physically and forced to complete the target given by the company of contacting and convincing people to buy cryptocurrency He is not allowed to get in touch with his family he saidBased on the complaint lodged by the victims elder brother a case of cheating and extortion was registered at Srinagar police station under the citys Wagle Estate division against a Thai national the official saidThe complainant has also raised the issue with the External Affairs Ministry and the Maharashtra Chief Ministers Office CMO he saidAlso Read Thane Man three of his family booked for trying to kill his wifeThe complainant had got acquainted with a man in Thane who informed him about some job opportunities in Thailand The complainant who was looking for a job for his brother sought more information and was told that the job was available in a Thailandbased company and he would get a salary of USD 1000 per month the police said quoting the complaintThe victim was interviewed and was later selected for the job of digital marketing by the company It sent the visa flight ticket to the victim Dubey got the job along with a man from Mumbai and another from China police saidHe took a flight to Thailand on September 12 and on his arrival along with the man from Mumbai he was taken to an unidentified location He was also not given the job of digital marketing as promised the official saidHe was employed by a company which ran a fake call centre where the victim was asked to prepare fake social media accounts in the name of women The company also asked him to convince people into buying cryptocurrency and cheat them using the fake social media profiles the complaint saidThe victim was tortured mentally and physically and forced to complete the target given by the company The security personnel of the company did not allow him to get in touch with his family and held him captive in the company itself the police official saidThe victim somehow managed to get in touch with the family once when he narrated the ordeal he said adding that the accused company made a demand of USD 3000 for the victims releaseThe police have initiated a probe into the complaintThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever