Kathmandu, Feb. 6 -- In what could be the biggest incident of trafficking of Nepali citizens in a month, authorities in Manipur, the northeastern state of India, and activists have said that as many as 301 Nepali men and women might have been smuggled into other countries using the India-Myanmar border.

The rescue operation of Nepali citizens being trafficked to Southeast Asian and Gulf countries, which started on Friday morning, has gathered more pieces of evidence that show they were trafficked into Myanmar via Moreh--on the India-Myanmar border--between December and January.

One Nepali girl, who is believed to be from the same group of 301 that crossed the border and entered Myanmar, was rescued by the Yangon Anti Trafficking Task Fo...