Jalandhar, Aug. 7 -- A 40-year-old Punjabi man, who recently returned from Russia, has shared a chilling account of his eight-month-long ordeal as an "unwitting" recruit in the Russian army, where he claims he was forced into active combat near the Ukraine border with mere 15 days of training.

Sarabjit Singh, a resident of Amritsar, was in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet officials of the ministry of external affairs and Rajya Sabha member Balbir Singh Seechewal, who had taken up his case with the central government to secure his return.

Sarabjit Singh, who went to Russia in April 2024, said he was sent straight to the war zone at the Ukraine border after just two weeks of military training. "I along with a group of 18 people went to Moscow...