A 30-year-old man from Hyderabad, who was allegedly forced to join the Russian Army after falling prey to a job fraud, was killed in the country's ongoing war with Israel, officials said on Wednesday.

The family of the youth, identified as Mohammed Asfan, reached out to AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi seeking assistance in bringing him back from Russia. However, when AIMIM contacted the Indian Embassy in Moscow, officials confirmed that Asfan had died.

Asfan, along with several others, was allegedly misled by deceptive agents who recruited them as 'helpers' to assist the Russian Army in the war.

Source: India Today