Lucknow, 18 Aug: Rae Bareli native who was kidnapped and deceived under the guise of a job in Angola escaped with the assistance of Indians he met there and returned to his country.
Deep Narayan Mishra (36) met Rae Bareli Superintendent of Police Alok Priyadarshi and told him about his trauma. He also urged an investigation into the job scam.
Following this, the officer instructed the inspector of the local intelligence unit to undertake an investigation and report the racket to the IB and the embassy. Mishra was approached by an online employment platform and given a position as a sales manager in a private firm in the Central African country. The firm controlled by one Bhanu Parashar guaranteed him a salary of US $1,400.
“Bhanu claimed to be a resident of Lucknow and assured me that the job would be simple,” Mishra stated in his police statement.
“I arrived in Angola on July 12 and was assigned to work in a warehouse in Luanda. I was requested to verify the inventory of many medications. However, the complete vocabulary and names were written in Portuguese. I was threatened with dire consequences when I expressed my inability to work,” Mishra alleged.
Mishra said in his plea to SP Rae Bareli that he was held captive for refusing to work and was threatened with being sold to Chinese clientele.
“I was terrified. They had confiscated my visa and passport, thrown me in a prison, and shut down all amenities, including food. I became ill and demanded fresh air and a cigarette,” Mishra explained.
“I was taken to an open area, from which I escaped and ran outside. Following that, I sought assistance from Indian locals in Angola in contacting the Indian embassy and obtaining a duplicate passport,” Mishra explained.
