CBI raids travel firms in 7 cities after reports of Indians being sent to Russia-Ukraine frontlines

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New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday conducted raids at several travel agencies and visa consultancy firms in seven cities across India after there were allegations that these companies had tricked young Indians, sending them unwittingly to the frontlines of Russias war with Ukraine...

Days after this, seven men from Punjab and Haryana, all between the ages of 20 and 24, had posted a plea on social media claiming that they had been deceived into joining the Russian frontlines and sought intervention from Indian authorities...

Police caught us and handed us over to Russian authorities, who made us sign documents, one of the men, who identified himself as 19-year-old Harsh from Haryanas Karnal, said in the 105-second video that eventually circulated on X...

This statement came after a man from Gujarat, identified by media reports as Hamil Mangukiya, was allegedly killed while fighting for the Russian army in Donetsk on the Russia-Ukraine border..

According to the agency sources, several travel agencies and visa consultancy firms, such as Delhi-based company 247 RAS Overseas Foundation, the Mumbai-based O.S.D Bros Travels & Visa Services Pvt Ltd, and Chandigarh-based Adventure Visa Services Pvt Ltd, are being investigated for trafficking...

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