13 IT professionals, including a woman who were trapped in fake job racket brought back to Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. Indians were taken illegally to Myanmar by unethical travel agents on false promises of jobs.
So far, 32 Indians trapped in fake job rackets here rescued through a joint operation. This operation was undertaken by the state and central government together. According to foreign Ministry spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi tweeted, that the Myanmar’s & Thai authorities helped them a lot to bring back the Indians.
13 IT professionals trapped in Myanmar fake job rackets
We have been actively pursuing the case of Indians being trapped in fake job rackets in Myanmar.
Thanks to the efforts of @IndiainMyanmar & @IndiainThailand, around 32 Indians had already been rescued.
Another 13 Indian citizens have now been rescued,& reached Tamil Nadu today. pic.twitter.com/OfkPtnGUkZ
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) October 5, 2022
According to PTI, 13 Indians who returned on Wednesday were rescued from the Myawaddy area of Myanmar’s Kayin state which shares a border with Thailand.
According to ‘The Indian Express,’ The Chennai-based Non-Resident Tamils’ Welfare Body in Chennai has said 50 more persons are still trapped in Myanmar and the government is working to get them back.
Mr. Bagchi said, “Details of agents allegedly involved in this job racket have been shared with relevant authorities in various states in India for appropriate action,” Moreover, he said that such fake job rackets exist in Laos and Cambodia as well. Our embassies in Vientiane, Phnom Penh and Bangkok have been helping in repatriating people from there.”
On the other hand, PTI reported that the Centre had warned the Indian citizens against fake agents offering jobs in Myanmar, on July 5.
“The [Indian] mission has observed in recent past that some IT companies engaged in digital scamming/forge crypto activities located in remote eastern border areas of Myanmar are recruiting Indian workers from different places through their recruiting agents on the pretext of potential employment opportunities in the IT sector.”
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