New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday told Parliament that it has taken note of cases involving dubious firms offering fake recruitment opportunities and luring Indian nationals, mostly through social media channels, to South-East Asian countries. Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha that more than 6,700 Indians have so far been rescued from Cambodia, Myanmar and Lao PDR.

What has the government noticed?

Singh stated that “it has come to the notice of the government instances of dubious firms involved in fake recruitment job offers having lured Indian nationals mostly through social media channels to South-East Asian countries including Cambodia, Myanmar, Lao PDR and made them to carry out cyber crime and other fraudulent activ

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