Hyderabad, March 17 -- Pall of gloom surrounded the family of Mohammad Asfan aged 30 as they performed his last rites on Sunday afternoon, March 17 at Bazarghat's Masjid-e-Qutub Shahi. He was killed at the Ukrainian border after a bullet hit him.

Scores of people attended the funeral to pay their last respects.

Speaking to Siasat.com, one of Asfan's relatives, Md Jani Miya called Asfan a "good child."

"He worked as a store manager in Allen Solley. Salary was also good. He was taken to Moscow and they treated him well. And then suddenly they were taken to Ukraine and handed over to a Russian military officer. That's when they realised something was wrong," he said.

His mortal remains were brought to the city on Saturday afternoon, Marc...