Sandeep Thomas, Sumesh Antony, and Sibi, all from Thrissur, Kerala, were arrested Saturday by the Wadakkanchery police. They’re being charged with human trafficking after an investigation into the death of Binil T.B. also from Kerala. These guys are said to have recruited young people, Binil included, to go to Russia by telling them they’d get good jobs.
Instead of getting those jobs the people they recruited seem to have ended up doing military support work. Binil sadly lost his life while over there. Police started looking into things after Binil’s wife, Joicy John, made a complaint.
This case shows how some people take advantage of those looking for work and put them in dangerous situations. The police are still working to learn more about how this whole operation worked and figure out what exactly the victims were doing in Russia and how Binil died. They’re also looking for anyone else who might have been a victim of this scheme.