Households Search Assist as Kashmiri Duo Caught in Russia-Ukraine Battle

SRINAGAR: In a distressing flip of occasions, the households of two males from Jammu and Kashmir have appealed to the Ministry of Exterior Affairs for help after their family members had been ensnared as mercenaries within the ongoing battle between Russia and Ukraine. The 2 younger males had been recognized as Aazad Yousuf Kumar, a resident of Poshwan within the Awantipora and Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh from Hajinar Tangdar in Kupwara.

That is the second time that the Russia-Ukrine battle made information in Jammu and Kashmir. When the invasion began, the principle focus remained on tips on how to evacuate college students from India, together with Jammu and Kashmir, who had been enrolled with numerous medical colleges within the Ukraine. Submit-evaluation, their profession continues to be within the doldrums. Now, the difficulty is tips on how to rescue the unemployed youth who had been pushed by jobs into the battle and landed as mercenaries.

Aazad Yousuf Kumar, hailing from Poshwan within the Awantipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, launched into what he believed to be a job alternative in Dubai in December 2023. Little did he know, together with a number of others, he was deceived by a Dubai-based consultancy and coerced into preventing for the Russian military on the frontlines in Ukraine.

In accordance with Kumar’s household, he was promised a ‘helper’ job in Dubai however was later knowledgeable that he could be becoming a member of the Russian military. Regardless of his visa indicating tourism as the aim of his go to to Russia, Kumar discovered himself thrust into army coaching and subsequently deployed to the unstable Ukrainian border.

“He went to Mumbai first after which to Dubai,” Aazad’s father, Mohammad Yousuf Kumar advised reporters. “He later knowledgeable us that he could be travelling to a different location and his telephone wouldn’t be obtainable for some days. After a number of days, he referred to as us and knowledgeable us they’d been pushed to affix the Russian military.”

Tragically, Kumar, an erstwhile bore nicely digger, sustained accidents throughout his coaching. He shot at his personal leg. As soon as he was handled in hospital, and redeployed, he discovered the dozen-odd individuals who had accompanied him pushed to the frontiers. Speaking sporadically by way of social media, Kumar expressed his want to return to his household, highlighting the coercion and deception that led to his present predicament. He’s unable to know any language and doesn’t know the place he’s precisely posted.

Equally, Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh from Hajinar Tangdar in Kupwara has gone lacking in Russia underneath suspicious circumstances. Employed in Chandigarh, Zahoor, together with two companions, purportedly travelled to Russia for employment however discovered himself entangled within the battle as a substitute.

In early December 2023, Zahoor was situated within the Odintsovsky district of Russia, the place he shared a photograph on his social media account wearing army apparel. He had voluntarily gone to Russia with two companions: Arbaab from Uttar Pradesh and Asfaan from Hyderabad.

The households of each males have reached out to the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, urging swift motion to make sure the protected return of their family members.

These distressing incidents make clear the plight of people who fall sufferer to fraudulent recruitment schemes, promising employment alternatives however main them into harmful and unexpected circumstances.

The Ministry of Exterior Affairs has acknowledged the scenario, urging Indian nationals to train warning and avoid the battle. Efforts are underway to safe the discharge of Indian nationals caught in such precarious conditions, together with these from Karnataka and Telangana who’ve additionally been reportedly ensnared within the battle.

Resident in Awantipore stated it was a YouTube channel, run by Baba Vlogs that marketed job alternatives as “helpers in Russia” to which he utilized and received “employed”. The channel is being run by Faisal Khan who relies in Dubai.