MEERUT, Nov. 23 -- A 32-year-old man from Ghenaura Silver Nagar village in Baghpat district, who was allegedly trafficked to Cambodia on the pretext of a job and then held captive and coerced into cyber fraud, has been safely rescued and brought back to India, police said on Saturday.

According to an official police statement, the victim, Vikas Rana, had gone to Cambodia seeking employment but was unlawfully detained by a criminal syndicate and forced to take part in large-scale online fraud activities.

The situation came to light after Rana's wife, Dolly, filed a complaint with Baghpat police, reporting that her husband had been taken against his will and was being forced to work for the fraud syndicate.

Acting swiftly on the complain...