Police have arrested two people for involvement in a case in which more than 100 Indian citizens were lured with offers of high-paying jobs to Thailand but were held hostage in extremely poor conditions and forced to work in a call center and in hospitality without pay. The victims are in the age group of 20 and 45 and most of them are men.
Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch unit arrested accused Jerry Phillips Jacob, age 46 years and Godafi Thomas Alvarez, age 39 years on Monday. Both the accused are from the Borivali suburbs in Mumbai.
