Despite the controversy over Keralites being recruited to Russia to join the war against Ukraine under false promises, suspicious recruitments to Russia are still going on in various parts of the State with no system to ascertain the genuineness of the drives.
A recruitment drive held in Kochi on Saturday to recruit shuttering carpenters, steel fixers, masons, ARC /MIG /TIG welders, civil foremen, and steel fabricators for a nuclear power project in Russia was attended by close to 50 prospective candidates.
“The agency asked us to pledge the passport soon after the interview to process the visa. Though it was advertised as a client interview through social media, some north Indian people interviewed the candidates,” says Ranjith P.V. (name changed), a welder by profession who attended the interview. “I decided not to submit the passport and other documents they sought following suspicion over the recruitment drive,” he says.
