The Karnataka state authorities has written to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) urging the rescue of three individuals who’ve been allegedly pressured to battle within the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Russian troopers line up throughout a gap ceremony of the memorial to Russian service members killed throughout Russia-Ukraine battle, in Yevpatoriya, Crimea.(REUTERS)
State minister Priyank Kharge stated that he has urged the entre to urgently tackle the problem and are available to younger males’s rescue as quickly as doable, news company PTI reported.
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As per the stories, three males from Karnataka’s Kalburgi district and one man from Telangana had been allegedly trapped in a job fraud case when their recruiters supplied the place of military safety helpers and despatched them to Russia amid conflict. Now, these younger males are being stranded on the Russia-Ukraine border forcibly combating in Russia’s conflict with Ukraine towards their will.
According to stories, not solely had been the boys duped when it comes to the job that they had been signing up for, however the agent who despatched them to Russia additionally managed to extract ₹ 3 lakh from every of them.
“There is information that it (such job fraud) has happened in several places — Telangana, Karnataka, also several places in north India. Whatever it is, taking someone to war by cheating or through fraudulent means (is wrong). The Central government has to take this seriously and should come to their rescue immediately,” he added.
Priyank additional stated that he has additionally requested his father and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to lift the problem with exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar.
One of the trapped sufferer, Hyderabad’s Mohammad Sufiyan’s household has urged the central authorities in addition to the Ministry of External Affairs to securely evacuate the youths trapped in Russia and in addition take strict motion towards the brokers.
Imran, the brother of Sufiyan, instructed news company ANI about all of the occasions that occurred.
“My brother was taken by Baba Blocks Company, which has offices in Dubai, Delhi, and Mumbai. The first batch went out on November 12, 2023. A total of 21 youths were sent and ₹3 lakh was taken from each one of them. They were made to sign an agreement in Russia on November 13,” he stated.
He stated that the brokers instructed the youth that they’d get the job as military helpers, however had been ultimately drafted into the military and had been deployed contained in the Ukrainian borders.
“The agents gave the wrong translations of the documents to them. They were told that it is the job of army helpers. But, two days later, they were taken for military training. Even when the youths protested, the Indian agents again misguided them, saying that it was only part of the training and they wouldn’t be sent to the frontlines,” Imran stated.
“After it came to our notice that they have been recruited into the Wagner Group (a private military allegedly funded by the Russian government) for war with Ukraine, our Deputy Commissioner (Kalaburagi) as per protocol has written a letter to the Central government’s External Affairs Ministry representative here in Bengaluru,” PTI quoted Priyank as saying.
Priyank’s request got here days after AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi identified the problem and urged the Centre to speak with the Russian authorities and convey again the youths.
“The Narendra Modi government should hold talks with the Russian government and bring back the 12 youths trapped in the Russia-Ukraine war,” AIMIM posted on X.
He has written to Jaishankar and sought his assist in getting the younger males again to India.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
