This group of Indians went to Russia to celebrate the New Year. But they got drafted into its army. And Indians were not the only ones who were misled.
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00:00We don't even know how to hold a gun properly and they want to put us on the front line.
00:12We all came to Russia to travel in the new year.
00:30We met an agent who took us around Russia.
00:43He told us that he will take us to Belarus.
00:49He took us to Belarus.
00:51We didn't know that we needed a visa there.
00:53He took us there and started asking us for money.
00:57We gave him the money he asked for.
00:59Then he started asking for more money.
01:01We didn't have any more money.
01:03He left us on the highway to Belarus.
01:06The police caught us and handed us over to the Russian army.
01:10The Russian army kept us there for 3-4 days.
01:14Then a person who spoke our language came to us.
01:17He made us talk on the phone and put a head on us.
01:20Either you all go to jail for 10 years or sign a contract with us.
01:25You don't have to do anything.
01:27You will get a job as a helper.
01:29You will get a job as a cook or a driver.
01:33You can sign a contract with us.
01:35We signed the contract.
01:37It was in their language.
01:38We didn't know what was written in it.
01:40Then they put us in a training centre.
01:42We found out later that we had been deceived.
01:45They put us in the army.
01:52We have strongly taken up the matter with the Russian government.
01:55For early discharge of such Indian nationals.
01:57Strong action has been initiated against agents and unscrupulous elements.
02:03Who recruited them on false pretexts and promises.
02:08The CBI yesterday busted a major human trafficking network.
02:14Conducting searches in several cities and collecting incriminating evidence.
02:20A case of human trafficking has been registered against several agents.
02:25We once again appeal to Indian nationals to not be swayed by offers made by agents for support jobs with the Russian army.
02:34This is fraught with danger.
02:50The CBI is trying to find out who such agents are.
03:08We were sent to work in the Russian army as helpers.
03:14We have to go to the fight, we are going to the fight, we are going to the war, that is why we want to get out of here.
03:23We had three Indian brothers with us, they were returned to India, but our Nepal Embassy is not helping us in any way, nothing is happening from Nepal.
03:38That is why we want to get help from our neighboring country, India.
03:44After the training, we were left here in Ukraine, our friends were put on the front line, we had more friends with us, and now there are seven of us, which within a day or two, we are also being told that you will be put on the front line and you will have to fight like this, we are not ready for war at all.
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