Who was Hyderabad’s Mohammed Asfan forced to fight Ukraine war killed in Russia?

In November last year, Mohammed Asfan, a resident of Hyderabad, and two other youths from Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir reached Russia as they were promised jobs as helpers in Russian government offices by the agents. The last time Mohammed Asfan had spoken to his family was on December 31, 2023. On Wednesday, March 6, the Indian embassy in Moscow confirmed the death of the 30-year-old man.
“We have learnt about the tragic death of an Indian national Shri Mohammed Asfan. We are in touch with the family and Russian authorities. Mission will make efforts to send his mortal remains to India,” the Indian embassy in Moscow said in a post on ‘X’ (formally Twitter).
Mohammed Imran, brother of Mohammed Asfan, has expressed concern about the confirmation of his brother’s death and said the agents who were involved in trapping Asfan should be arrested.
On February 21, Asaduddin Owaisi had told the media that family members of Indian youth, including some from Telangana, had met him and informed that their kin were duped by agents on the promise of jobs and taken to Russia, but were allegedly sent to fight on the Russia-Ukraine border.
The Hyderabad MP had requested the Union government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar to hold talks with the Russian government to bring the youth safely back to India. He also claimed that the two batches of people were sent to Russia from all across the country.
On Wednesday, the MEA said they were in touch with the family and Russian authorities and are making efforts to send his mortal remains to India.
Hemal Ashwinbhai Mangukiya from Gujarat was killed in an attack by Ukraine in Russian-occupied Donetsk on February 24. Hemal Ashwinbhai Mangukiya, a resident of Surat in Gujarat, was killed in a Ukrainian air strike while serving as a “security helper” with the Russian Army. He had travelled to Russia last December.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)