Indian scholar Harjot Singh, who was shot in Kyiv a number of days again in the course of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, is returning to Delhi on Monday, Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh stated.
On March 1, medical scholar Naveen SG from Karnataka was killed in shelling in Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv when he ventured out to purchase meals for himself and fellow college students.
The minister knowledgeable on Twitter on Sunday: “Harjot Singh is the Indian who was shot in the course of the conflict in Kyiv. His passport was additionally misplaced within the chaos.”
He stated Harjot Singh is reaching India with him on Monday.
“Hope there is a speedy recovery with home food and care,” the minister acknowledged. Singh – who’s in Poland presently to facilitate college students’ evacuation – had on March 4 informed reporters, “Today, we heard studies {that a} scholar leaving Kyiv was shot. He was taken again to Kyiv. This will occur in a preventing.”
The Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 as a result of Russian army offensive towards it. Indian residents caught in Ukraine had been being airlifted as soon as they cross to neighboring international locations akin to Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland.
Eight flights with greater than 1,500 Indians will function from Ukraine’s neighboring international locations to India on Monday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation acknowledged.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
