With Longing, From Russia: They Set Out to ‘Strengthen Their Passport’. Now, These Indian Men are Fighting a War
News 18An international tour to boost travel history and “strengthen” passports to later help in securing an admission to a foreign university or settle into one. The duo from rural parts of Haryana and Punjab are among the 20 men allegedly been duped in the name of a job or a student visa by travel agents based in India and Russia to be forcefully inducted in the Russian army to fight the war against Ukraine. He told me that the 15-day weapon training is over and they are now staying in bunkers, constantly living under the fear that they might be sent out to the war zone anytime,” said Sahil, who belongs to Sambhli village in Haryana’s Karnal district. Kaur said her son, who had passed Class 12, wanted to go abroad to study and was told that a foreign trip would help boost his passport for international travel by some consultancy. He just calls for like a few seconds and talks in hushed tones saying the Russian army seniors were around and could again take his phone away,” said Kaur, who lives in a village in Punjab’s Gurdaspur.