The Ministry of External Affairs has coordinated the rescue and repatriation of 283 Indian nationals who were victims of fake job offers in Myanmar and Thailand. An Indian Air Force aircraft was used to bring back the rescued individuals. The operation highlights the ongoing efforts to combat fraudulent job schemes targeting Indians in Southeast Asian countries.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00We have with us about a fake job pass, 238 Indians have been rescued from Myanmar and
00:06Thailand.
00:07Indians were held captive in Myanmar-Thailand border, victims of a fake job scam forced
00:13into cybercrime.
00:15Indian Air Force aircraft has taken off from Thailand's Mysore.
00:21India today had exposed Myanmar job con, 283 Indians lured into illegal jobs in Myanmar
00:27have now been rescued.
00:31As many as 283 Indian nationals who were victims of fake job offers in Myanmar have been rescued
00:38and repatriated from the country.
00:42Indian embassies in Myanmar and Thailand have coordinated with the local authorities to
00:46secure the repatriation of Indian nationals on Monday by an Indian Air Force aircraft.
00:53The Ministry of External Affairs has said in a statement.
00:58Shivani has got more details on that.
01:00Shivani just talked to us about what happened in this case, 238 Indians were in fact in
01:06Thailand.
01:07Also tell us what's the conversation been like between the government of India and the
01:12countries from where, the two areas from where these people were brought back essentially.
01:19This is 283 Indian nationals who have been released, rescued and repatriated to India
01:26with the efforts of the Ministry of External Affairs and the help of the Indian Air Force
01:31that has been utilized to ferry these Indians who were lured by Myanmar and other Southeast
01:37Asian countries with four fake job offers.
01:40So India today had already exposed how these fake job rackets are going on where people
01:46get lured and then they later realized that they have been conned and these 283 Indian
01:53nationals have been released, they have been repatriated and here it's very important to
01:58mention Sneha that the Ministry of External Affairs has said that we have to be very cautious
02:05because there are certain advisories, there are certain social media posts, how to get
02:11educated about these rackets, we need not get attracted and lured without verifying
02:15where we are traveling to for these fake jobs.
02:18So this is a part of the ongoing drive by the government of India to repatriate, to
02:24help all those who have been conned and they are in certain countries where the fake job
02:30offers were made to them.
02:31Alright, I'm going to thank you for the moment.
02:33Getting in those details is my colleague Shivani telling us about the fake job scam that has
02:39been busted.