Admissions to relatively unknown private universities, fee discounts, visa extensions – these are some of the ways travel agents from across the country duped dozens of men into going to Russia and eventually being forced into the country’s war with Ukraine, the Central Bureau of Investigation has found.
The agency made these revelations a day after conducting searches at around 15 places in seven cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Ambala, Chandigarh, Madurai, Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai — and ascertaining that various agents at these locations, as well as three currently based in Russia, had allegedly duped Indian youths, primarily students.
The development comes against the backdrop of two Indian youths — one from Gujarat and another from Telangana — dying on the frontlines.
The Ministry of External Affairs also issued a statement in this regard Friday. “Several Indian nationals have been duped to work with the Russian Army. We have strongly taken up the matter with the…
