‘Hung upside down, starved me’: How Pune man escapes cyber slavery in Myanmar after job ad trap

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AI-generated image used for representational purpose. PUNE: After two months in captivity, Sahil prepared himself for the fight. A day before, he had punched one of his captors in the face. He knew they would retaliate. They did. His beating would last eight days. “They hung me upside down, hit me and starved me. Every two days, I was given some rice and fish balls to eat. That was all. I think they drugged me to stop my screams. But I refused to cheat people,” Sahil says. The 34-year-old business administration graduate from Pune was among a batch of Indians…

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