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BIZARRE: India arrests four for duping young men into fighting for russia in ukraine | Mind Blowing Facts

Police officials stand outside the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in New Delhi [File: Altaf Hussain/Reuters]

A federal investigation agency of India says four people linked to a network of human traffickers have been arrested on the charge of luring young men to Russia with the promise of lucrative jobs or university admissions only to force them to fight in the war in Ukraine.

The four Indian nationals arrested were a translator, a person facilitating visa processing and the booking of airline tickets as well as two “main recruiters” for the southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said late on Tuesday.

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