Punjab Man Duped With Fake Russian Job Offer, Left Stranded In Moscow Forest
A Jalandhar man claims he was duped by a travel agent who promised him a fruit-picking job in Russia but instead abandoned him in a forest. The victim alleges that such scams are being used to lure Indian citizens into forced recruitment for the Russian military.
Why it matters
This case underscores the growing danger of human trafficking and fraudulent recruitment schemes targeting vulnerable job seekers for foreign military conflicts.
A man from Jalandhar has alleged that he was duped by a travel agent who promised him a high-paying fruit-picking job in Russia but instead abandoned him in a remote forest after he landed in Moscow. In a series of five videos documenting his journey from Delhi Airport to Russia, the man urged others not to trust travel agents, claiming they are luring Indians with fake job offers and allegedly pushing them toward recruitment into the Russian military.The youth, identified as Akashdeep, a resident of Jalandhar's Ram Nagar area, said he flew from Delhi to Moscow on June 15 after being assured by a local agent, Pawan Kumar, that he would get a well-paid fruit-picking job along with air-conditioned accommodation and good food.Instead, Akashdeep alleged that an associate of the agent took him from Moscow Airport and abandoned him at what he described as a "scrapyard-like" shelter deep inside a forest.…
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