Dehradun, Nov. 26 -- The state's special task force (STF) has intensified its investigation into the FIR registered against six people for luring local residents for jobs in Thailand and later transporting them to Myanmar for cybercrime rackets. On Monday, the police arrested 34-year-old Kashipur (Udham Singh Nagar) resident Pradeep Kumar, who, police claimed, sent one of the many victims Ayaz to Bangkok in August for a purported digital marketing job after receiving a Rs.40,000 commission from Manish Chauhan of Dadiyal, Kashipur. Ayaz, who stayed in direct contact with Manish, was then reportedly taken from Bangkok to KK Park in Myanmar via illegal routes, after which all communication with him was lost. Officials said Manish had earlier transferred Rs.10,000 twice in July and Rs.5,000 in August to Pradeep, apart from a total commission of Rs.45,000. WhatsApp data recovered from Pradeep's phone is being examined, the police said. Senior superintendent of police (STF) Navneet Singh Bhullar said: "We registered a case against six individuals for luring youths from the state for jobs in Thailand, Myanmar, and Bangkok and intensified our probe." "Seven of the rescued citizens were found to be from the US Nagar district. It came to light that some agents in the district were contacting foreign agents and luring residents with the promise of jobs with good salaries, taking large sums of money from them to send them abroad, who were then forced to commit cyber fraud. During the investigation, the names of accused Sunil Kumar, Ashok, Pinky, Nirav Chaudhary, Pradeep, residents of Kashipur/Jaspur in US Nagar, and Dhananjay, resident of Maharashtra, came to light. We registered the FIR at the Cyber Crime Police Station, Kumaon Range, Rudrapur, on November 22," the officer said. "During probe, Cyber Crime Police obtained data from concerned banks, service providers, and platforms like Meta to track the bank accounts, mobile numbers, and WhatsApp accounts linked to the agents. It was revealed that the accused had taken large sums of money from several people on the pretext of sending them abroad, and had shared their personal details with foreign agents via WhatsApp. Based on the mobile location and other digital evidence linked to Pradeep Kumar, he was arrested from Kashipur. During interrogation, Pradeep admitted to defrauding Ayaz," he added. Ayaz reached Bangkok in August and remained in touch with Manish, who later took him to KK Park in Myanmar through illegal routes, after which contact was lost," the officer further said. "Separate human trafficking cases have already been filed against accused Sunil Kumar at Jaspur police station and against accused Nirav Choudhary at Cyber Crime Police Station, Surat, Gujarat. Both have been arrested and sent to judicial custody," he said....