Hyderabad Families Make Desperate Plea to Rescue Sons Trapped in Myanmar-Thailand Border Region
In a distressing development, families of several youths from Hyderabad have issued an urgent appeal to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that their sons have been trapped along the volatile Myanmar-Thailand border after being deceived with fraudulent job offers. The concerned parents claim their children are currently facing severe torture and are being held against their will in what appears to be a sophisticated human trafficking operation.
Owaisi Raises Alarm on Social Media Platform
The issue gained significant attention on Thursday when Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi took to social media platform X, directly urging External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to intervene in the case of at least sixteen Indians who are allegedly being enslaved near the Myanmar-Thailand border. According to Owaisi's detailed post, three of these individuals hail from Hyderabad, specifically from the neighborhoods of Osman Nagar, Moula Ali, and the upscale Banjara Hills area.
Owaisi emphasized that all these young men were promised legitimate employment opportunities in Thailand, but instead were transported to the dangerous border region and coerced into forced labor under brutal conditions. The parliamentarian has called upon the central government to take immediate and decisive action to ensure the safe repatriation of these citizens.
Heart-Wrenching Accounts from Distraught Families
Speaking exclusively to news agency PTI on Friday, the mother of one such youth provided harrowing details about her son's ordeal. She revealed that her son traveled to Thailand on a visit visa after being assured of a job that would subsequently be converted into a proper work visa. The entire interview process was conducted through a popular social media platform, which the family now believes was part of an elaborate scam.
"After reaching there, he was blindfolded and taken to a different city. He was not even aware where he was taken. He was tortured there and made to work for eighteen to twenty hours daily," the anguished mother recounted. She further described how her son and others were systematically denied adequate food and rest, and were subjected to physical beatings whenever they requested to leave the premises.
The woman disclosed that her last communication with her son occurred ten to fifteen days ago, during which he vividly described his suffering. His mobile phone and personal belongings were confiscated, and he is permitted to use a telephone only once per week under strict supervision. She expressed profound fear that her son might face increased harassment if his identity is revealed in media reports, explaining that she had approached MP Asaduddin Owaisi for assistance in securing his rescue.
A relative of another Hyderabad youth corroborated this account, describing a nearly identical situation and joining the appeal for immediate governmental intervention to secure his release.
A Disturbing and Recurring Pattern Emerges
These alarming concerns surface amidst earlier reports of similar cases originating from Telangana. Just last week, six individuals from Armoor in Nizamabad district, including a young married couple, were successfully brought back to Hyderabad after being allegedly trafficked to Myawaddy in Myanmar—a region notorious as a cybercrime hub.
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau has officially registered a case based on a complaint from one victim, who stated he was promised a data entry position in Thailand but was instead smuggled across the border and forced to participate in online scam operations. The victims reported that their passports were seized, they were physically assaulted for failing to meet targets, and were demanded ransom payments for their release.
Official sources indicate that seventeen victims from Myanmar have returned to Telangana thus far, even as families of those still stranded continue their agonizing wait for assistance and hope for a positive resolution to this humanitarian crisis.
