Overview
- Mohammed Ahmed released videos from a conflict zone claiming he was forced into combat after being lured to Russia by a false construction job offer.
- His wife, Afsha Begum, says a Mumbai-based consultancy arranged his April 2025 travel and that he was later taken with about 30 others for weapons training.
- Ahmed alleges he was threatened with death if he refused to fight, jumped from an army vehicle and fractured his leg, and says many trainees were killed.
- The Indian Embassy in Moscow says it has shared his details with Russian authorities and requested his early discharge and safe repatriation.
- Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has pressed officials for action, and the Foreign Ministry recently said about 27 Indians are serving in the Russian army.