Chief of Opposition within the Kerala Meeting, VD Satheesan has written a letter to Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar urging rapid intervention by the central authorities to make sure the secure return of youths recruited by personal companies to the Russian military.
The Congress chief sought measures for the secure return of the three youths from the state trapped within the conflict zone and demanded a probe towards the recruitment companies which might be part of the human trafficking community, as per a PTI report.
“I urge your good self to make each effort to convey again all of those that are caught within the fight zone and to provoke a complete investigation towards these recruitment companies that kind half of a big unlawful trafficking community,” mentioned the Congress chief within the letter.
The Kerala LoP additionally mentioned that it was “stunning” that some personal recruitment firms in Kerala have been recruiting younger individuals with the prospect of profitable employment in Russia and sending them to war-battered Ukraine as an alternative.
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“It’s disturbing to be taught that three younger males from Kerala are amongst these stranded in war-torn Ukraine after being lured with the promise of a profitable employment in Russia, solely to be pressured to interact within the persevering with battle,” the letter mentioned.
As per the members of the family of the three males, he mentioned, they have been taken to Russia by a recruitment company with the promise of a whopping wage of Rs 2.5 lakh.
“However once they arrived, their passports and cellphones have been confiscated and so they have been then pressured to battle for Russia towards Ukraine. It’s learnt that a few of them are injured and their households again residence have raised severe apprehension in regards to the security of the youths stranded in Ukraine,” Satheesan mentioned, as per the PTI report.