Overview
- All 27 victims have reached New Delhi over the weekend and are traveling to their home states to reunite with families.
- Officials say the group was lured by false overseas job offers, then coerced, abused, and forced to work in cyber scam operations near the Myanmar border.
- The rescue followed a written appeal from Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar seeking urgent intervention.
- The MEA, working with the Indian Embassy in Yangon and local authorities, undertook sustained efforts that led to the group's release and evacuation.
- An official release named all 27 repatriated individuals, confirming their identities and the completion of the operation.