India has rescued at least 130 workers held captive and forced to commit cyber fraud

India's government said it has rescued about 130 Indian workers from Southeast Asian companies that lure youth to fake job opportunities.

The companies appear to be operating through agents in Dubai, Bangkok and some Indian cities and were recruiting Indian workers through social media advertisements for fake highly lucrative jobs in Thailand, he said.

Many of the workers were taken illegally across the border into an area of Myanmar that is difficult to access because of the local security situation, Bagchi said.