Lured With Job In Thailand, Trafficked Into Myanmar: Reddit Post Alleges Shocking Ordeal Of Indian Man

A harrowing Reddit Post has surfaced online earlier last week alleging that an Indian man was lured from Thailand into Myanmar, held by a trafficking ring and freed only after a risky bluff and a ransom payment.

The account, posted by a family member, details how a trusted neighbour who had been living in Mae Sot, Thailand, persuaded the victim to take a job there, then allegedly handed him over to traffickers who forced him into criminal activity and demanded money for his release.

According to the Reddit account, the uncle travelled to Mae Sot after the neighbour, a distant relative known to the family for 15–20 years — promised employment.

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For the first week, the uncle called home daily, video-calling relatives to show his room and workplace. Two days after those calls stopped, the family reached out to the neighbour, who initially brushed off concerns, saying: “your uncle doesn’t want to work, he’s lazy as always.”

The story takes a darker turn when the uncle himself called, saying his passport had been taken and he and several other Indians had been moved across the border into Myanmar.

He told relatives the traffickers told them to steal and loot, and that refusal would mean being abandoned on a jungle island as punishment. The uncle shared his live location and the group immediately began arranging money, the traffickers demanded INR 400,000 as ransom.

The family says they wired INR 100,000 as an initial payment. Subsequent transfers — INR 100,000 on arrival in Mae Sot and INR 200,000 on reaching Bangkok airport — were demanded, but after the first payment the kidnappers stopped the car pickup and blocked the family on all channels.

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Desperate, the family contacted the Indian Embassy via Twitter and email. The embassy reportedly asked for the uncle’s email address and, when the family could not provide it, indicated it would close the case for lack of cooperation. The poster wrote that this response left them feeling abandoned by official channels at a moment of crisis.

With formal help seemingly stalled, the family says they resorted to a dangerous bluff: they threatened to kidnap the neighbour’s 22-year-old daughter and force her into marriage to coerce payment.

Faced with that threat, the neighbour — who was living next door while the family was abroad — allegedly paid the ransom himself. The uncle returned home four days later. He is reportedly quiet and showing no visible external injuries; medical checks are planned. The Reddit post also warns that “10–15 Indians are taken there everyday,” a claim the family urges others to heed as a public warning.

The Reddit post is a first-person account by family members and, as such, is an allegation. Independent verification of every claim — including the exact route, the identities of the traffickers and the neighbour’s alleged involvement is not available in the post.

However, what struck many online was not just the story itself, but the comment section that followed. Several users shared similar accounts of trafficking linked to Myanmar’s border towns:

• One user wrote: “This is happening a lot. One of my friend’s friends was taken this way 3 years ago… trafficked illegally into Myanmar without a visa. The government knows about these colonies.”

• Another recalled news of Chinese actor Wang Xing, who was reportedly abducted in Thailand earlier this year and forced into scam work in Myanmar.

• Some highlighted podcasts and reports linking such trafficking to “pig butchering” online financial scams.

• Others urged the original poster to file a police complaint in India and publicly name the neighbour to prevent further exploitation.

One commenter summed up the frustration bluntly: “If you are an Indian abroad, you might as well be North Korean. That’s the level of support you’ll get from India.”