BANGKOK: At least 270 Indian nationals, including 26 women, were repatriated from Thailand’s Mae Sot city to India by two special Indian Air Force (IAF) flights, the Indian Embassy in Bangkok said in a statement on Thursday.

The Embassy of India in Bangkok and the Consulate of India in Chiang Mai province in Thailand, in close coordination with various agencies of the Royal Thai Government, facilitated the repatriation process.

According to the Indian Embassy, these Indian nationals recently crossed into Thailand from the Myawaddy region of Myanmar, where they were allegedly working in cyber scam centres. They were detained by Thai authorities for violating immigration laws after entering Thailand illegally.

The Indian Embassies in Thailand and Myanmar are working with the respective h

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