Centre warns against offers of jobs with Russian Army
- Offers for support jobs with the Russian Army made by unverified agents are “fraught with danger and risk to life”, the External Affairs Ministry said
- Government announced that stern action has been initiated by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the agencies that conned Indian nationals into fighting for the Russian forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Key Highlights
- The CBI concluded the searches in connection with the case against visa consultancy firms and agents
- Alleging their involvement in the trafficking of Indian nationals to Russia on the pretext of employment opportunities.
- “These traffickers have been operating as an organized network and were luring Indian nationals through social media channels like YouTube, etc. and also through their local contacts/agents for highly-paid jobs in Russia.
- Thereafter, the trafficked Indian nationals were trained in combat roles and deployed at front bases in the Russia-Ukraine war zone against their wishes
- Thus, putting their lives in grave danger. It has been ascertained that some of the victims also got grievously injured in the war zone
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