Overview
- Military papers reported by The Times of India assign Mohammed Ahmed a service number and place him near the Ukrainian border, with the contract signed on October 11 in the presence of a Russian major.
- In self-recorded messages, Ahmed pleads for rescue and alleges unpaid work, threats at gunpoint, a leg fracture, and heavy casualties among his group, claims that remain unverified.
- The Indian Embassy in Moscow said it has shared Ahmed’s details with Russian authorities and requested his early discharge and safe return, adding it is prioritizing such cases.
- AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi says he contacted the Foreign Secretary’s office and that efforts are underway to bring back Ahmed and three others from Haryana and Rajasthan.
- Ahmed’s family has appealed to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar after he was taken to Russia in April on a false promise of a construction job and later pressed into military service.