Four months after he last heard from his brother who was pushed into the war zone on Russia-Ukraine border after being hired as a security helper by the Russian Army, the Indian Embassy in Moscow allegedly advised Jammu and Kashmir resident Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh to directly contact Russian officials seeking information on his brother.
Mr. Sheikh last spoke with his brother, Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh (27), on December 31 last year. Since then, the family has had no contact with Mr. Zahoor. Their elder brother Mukhtiar Sheikh, posted with the Border Security Force (BSF), was killed in an encounter with militants in 1999, Mr. Sheikh said.
“We are tired of calling the Indian Embassy in Moscow. A few days ago, they provided me numbers and e-mail IDs of the Russian government officials concerned. Some numbers belong to the Defence Ministry of Russia, even they are not responding to our calls,” Mr. Sheikh said.
