Overview
- Mandeep Kumar’s remains were received at Delhi airport and brought to Goraya after a DNA match reported about two months ago.
- His brother says travel agents promised a route to Italy but diverted him to Russia, where the specially abled 28–30-year-old was coerced into military service.
- Accounts of his death differ, with some reports indicating March 2024 and others citing a November 2025 drone strike on the Ukraine front.
- The family alleges minimal assistance from Indian authorities and says repatriation followed their own trips to Russia, use of a local lawyer, and renewed DNA submissions.
- Relatives demand arrests of named agents, including one identified as Sandeep Hans, as India has previously urged Moscow to stop recruiting Indians and the family warns more Indians are dead or missing after paying large sums.