India has brought home nearly 300 of its nationals who were lured to various southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, with fake job offers and made to engage in cybercrime and other fraudulent activities in scam compounds,

Hyderabad: The Government of India has successfully facilitated the rescue and repatriation of 540 Indian nationals including 24 of Telangana who were trapped in cyber scam compounds in Myawaddy, Myanmar.

The Indian embassies in Myanmar and Thailand, in coordination with local authorities, have successfully repatriated 283 Indian nationals who were trapped in cybercrime and scam operations along the Myanmar-Thailand border. The individuals were flown back to India on an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft from Mae Sot, Thailand.

The Indian nationals, from states such as Andhra, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab and UP, had all been lured to either Thailand or Myanmar with false promises of jobs in the IT sector

As many as 266 Indian nationals were rescued and repatriated to India after being rescued from call centres in South East Asia on Tuesday. This comes a day after 283 Indian nationals were evacuated by a C-17 Indian military plane.