New Delhi: The Indian government has rescued 45 Indians trapped in fake job rackets in Myanmar, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday.
We have been actively pursuing the case of Indians being trapped in fake job rackets in Myanmar, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, adding that 32 Indians have already been rescued and now another 13 Indian citizens have been rescued, who reached Tamil Nadu today.
“Thanks to the efforts of @IndiainMyanmar & @IndiainThailand, around 32 Indians had already been rescued. Another 13 Indian citizens have now been rescued, and reached Tamil Nadu today,” tweeted Bagchi.
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Details of agents allegedly involved in this job racket have been shared with relevant authorities in various States in India for appropriate action.
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) October 5, 2022
He also said that some more Indian citizens have been rescued from their fake employers and are in the custody of Myanmar authorities and legal formalities have been initiated for their return.
“Some more Indian citizens have been rescued from their fake employers and are in custody of Myanmar authorities for illegal entry into that country. Legal formalities have been initiated to get them repatriated at the earliest,” added Bagchi.
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Details of agents allegedly involved in this job racket have been shared with relevant authorities in various States in India for appropriate action, the spokesperson said.
Bagchi also mentioned that instances of similar job rackets have also come to light in Laos and Cambodia. The Indian Embassies in Vientiane, Phnom Penh and Bangkok have been helping in repatriating people from there.
“Sincere gratitude to all the agencies for ongoing cooperation in rescuing Indian nationals stuck in Cambodia,” tweeted India in Cambodia.
Issuing a cautious note about overseas employment, the spokesperson said, “We would reiterate extreme caution in accepting dubious employment offers overseas.”
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MEA issued advisory cautioning against fake job rackets
MEA on September 24 issued an advisory cautioning Indian youths against fake job rackets offering lucrative jobs by dubious IT firms in Thailand.
In a statement, the MEA had said: Instances of fake job rackets offering lucrative jobs to entice Indian youths for the posts of ‘Digital Sales and Marketing Executives’ in Thailand by dubious IT firms involved in call-centre scam and crypto-currency fraud have come to our notice recently by our Missions in Bangkok and Myanmar.
The ministry had said that target groups are IT skilled youth who are duped in the name of lucrative data entry jobs in Thailand through social media advertisements as well as by Dubai and India based agents.
