Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi questioned India’s external affairs minister on Friday, August 9, regarding steps taken to bring back Indians duped into the Russia-Ukraine war.

Raising concerns on the safety of Indian citizens in Russia, Owaisi asked, “The minister has accepted that there are 69 Indians in Russia; will the Indian embassy in Russia ensure that these people stuck at the Russia-Ukraine border are facilitated and brought to Moscow? Eight Indian citizens have died; two of the boys were from Punjab and Haryana, which was proven by the DNA test; however, their bodies have not been returned. One Kashmiri boy, Zahoor, is missing, and there is no information regarding his whereabouts.”

Pointing out how the Indian men ended up on the Russia-Ukraine border, Owaisi asked, “Does he (Jaishankar) know that a person by the name of Baba vlogs in Dubai, Faisal Khan in Russia, Moin, Ramesh, and Khushpreet are the culprits who are misguiding our youth? Will the government cancel their passports and issue an LOC? If the Russian government is not taking us seriously, will India stop purchasing Russian oil?”