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IAF starts bringing back citizens from Thailand

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November 07, 2025

India on Thursday started getting repatriated hundreds of its citizens who fled to Thailand from a notorious cyber scam centre in Myanmar, with two military aircraft ferrying back 270 nationals, including 26 women, from the Thai border town of Mae Sot.

- Rezaul H Laskar

The Indian Air Force (IAF) operated two special flights to bring back the Indians, who recently crossed into Thailand f

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