Mohammed Asfan had not communicated with his family since December 31, 2023. The Indian embassy in Moscow verified his passing on Wednesday.Mohammed Asfan, a Hyderabad resident, traveled to Russia in November of last year with two other young people from Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
The brokers had promised them positions as assistants in Russian government offices. Mohammed Asfan had not communicated with his family since December 31, 2023. The 30-year-old man’s death was verified by the Indian embassy in Moscow on Wednesday, March 6.
“We have been informed of the untimely passing of Shri Mohammed Asfan, an Indian national. Both the family and the Russian authorities are in contact with us. In a tweet on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), the Indian embassy in Moscow stated that “the mission will endeavor to transfer his mortal remains to India.”
Mohammed Asfan’s brother, Mohammed Imran, has voiced worry at the confirmation of his brother’s demise and stated that the agents responsible for trapping Asfan had to be taken into custody.
- Mohammed Imran claims that the agents, two of whom are from Mumbai and one of whom has an office in Dubai and hosts a vlog called Baba Vlogs, had each stolen ₹3 lakh from the young people.
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Mohammed Asfan and the other two were forced to sign a document in Russian after they arrived in Moscow. However, Mohammed Imran said that they later discovered that they had been enlisted in the Russian Army as “helpers.”
Mohammed Asfan also got in touch with the agents, telling them that they were receiving weaponry training, but the agents once more misled him, claiming it was a requirement of the job. However, Mohammed Imran claimed that the boys were later brought to the border between Russia and Ukraine.
Mohammed Imran claimed that they recently spoke with the agents, who informed them that Asfan’s contract had been terminated. Additionally, he was told that Mohammed Asfan was hurt.
Asaduddin Owaisi, the party’s leader, phoned the Indian embassy in Moscow, according to AIMIM sources who spoke with news agency PTI. This was in response to Mohammed Asfan’s family continuously contacting him about this matter over the previous few days.
Asaduddin Owaisi was purportedly informed by a representative of the Indian embassy in Moscow that Mohammed Asfan had passed away.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Imran asserted that Russian operatives with whom he is in contact are claiming that Mohammad Asfan is still alive and is currently in the Ukrainian territory of Marinca. On February 16, they called off their deal with a different source. Mohammed Asfan told news agency ANI, “Agents are saying he is alive, but the embassy says he is dead.”
The problem was raised by Asaduddin Owaisi last month.
Asaduddin Owaisi told the media on February 21 that relatives of Indian youngsters, including some from Telangana, had come to see him and told him that their relatives had been brought to Russia on false pretenses of being deployed to fight on the border between Russia and Ukraine after being tricked by spies into accepting jobs.
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In order to ensure the youth’s safe return to India, the Hyderabad MP has asked the Union government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar to negotiate with the Russian government. Furthermore, he asserted that individuals from all around the nation were sent to Russia in the two groups.
The MEA announced on Wednesday that they are attempting to transfer his dead remains to India and that they are in communication with the family and Russian authorities.
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