We keep in touch with the family and the Russian authorities. The mission will make efforts to send its remains to India," the department said. According to News18, 30-year-old ASFAN was killed in Ukraine after he and several other India's citizens were deceived by agents and recruited as "assistants" for the Russian military. Journalists say that the family of the deceased appealed to the government to help return men from the war zone.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India stated that they are doing "everything possible" to "release" nearly 20 Indian citizens who work as auxiliary staff in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Abrard journalist also wrote about the death of Asfan, confirming that he had been admired to the Russian army as a "assistant". According to him, the deceased has a wife and two children.
Earlier, seven citizens of India recorded a video stating that Russia was forcing them to join the war in Ukraine against their will. In the video, men say they came to the Russian Federation allegedly celebrate the New Year, after which the travel agent also offered them to visit Belarus. "We did not know that we needed a visa.
When we came to Belarus, the agent asked us and disappeared," one of them said in Belarus, according to young people, they were detained by police and handed over to Russia. They were "forced to sign documents", explaining that an alternative to service in the Russian army would be a 10 -year imprisonment.
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