Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- Punjab Congress leader and Jalandhar Cantt MLA Pargat Singh on Thursday sought Centre's intervention into the matter of "forcible recruitment" of Indian nationals particularly from north India into the Russian Army for an ongoing war against Ukraine.

He claimed that 126 youths from north India, who were recruited into the Russian army, were still trapped and 15 of them were missing.

Singh also lamented that not a single substantive step has been taken to punish the nexus of agents who were allegedly involved in the matter.

He accused the Centre and the Punjab government of failing to prevent the "forcible" recruitment of Indian nationals into the Russian army.

"Despite repeated official government advisories, b...