Indians trapped in Myanmar’s fraudulent digital scam centre seeks immediate rescue, repatriation, alleges extreme mental trauma
A group of Indian nationals has been trapped in a fraudulent digital scam center in Myanmar for over three weeks. They were lured by false job offers and are now forced to conduct online scams under inhumane conditions. Their families are seeking urgent intervention from the Indian government for their rescue and repatriation.
- ▪The individuals were promised legal employment in construction but were instead forced into cyber scam activities.
- ▪Their passports were confiscated by the scam operators, leaving them unable to return to India.
- ▪The Indian Embassy in Yangon is actively working with local authorities to facilitate their rescue.
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| Publication time | Fri, 29 May 2026 07:42:17 +0530 |
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Lured by fake job offers, a group of people from India have been trapped for over three weeks in an alleged fraudulent digital scam centre in the Myawaddy region of Myanmar, where they are forced into conducting online scams under brutal and inhuman circumstances.Speaking to The Hindu on Thursday (May 28, 2026), one member of the group requested immediate intervention for rescue and repatriation by the Indian government, adding that the vicious situation brought extreme mental trauma for them.“We were recruited by agents on the false assurance of legal employment in construction and architectural work in Yangon, Myanmar, with the promised stable jobs, salary, accommodation, and safe working conditions.
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