India, Nov. 9 -- A Tamil Nadu-based doctor was reportedly detained in the Russian city of Sochi in September and his wife has now approached the Centre and the state government to intervene to bring him back to India.

The doctor has been identified as Dr K Jagadeeswaran and his wife has alleged that he has been subjected to torture and humiliation in the custody for reasons unknown to them, news agency PTI reported, adding that his health has deteriorated.

Though the doctor has now been released from the custody, he lacks the documents required to travel to Moscow so that he can return to India.

The couple has been living in Armenia since Jagadeeswaran got a degree in medicine from a university there in 2022. Jagadeeswaran and his wife...