New Delhi: An Indian student has been shot at and injured in Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh said Friday. Singh is in Poland currently to facilitate the evacuation of Indians stranded in war-hit Ukraine.
“Today, we heard reports that a student leaving Kyiv was shot at. He was taken back to Kyiv. This will happen in a fighting,” the minister told media persons.
Harjot Singh, the student, who was hospitalised after he was shot with a bullet in the capital city of Ukraine, Friday said that he did not get any support from the Indian Embassy. ‘”I have been trying to get in touch with them, every day they say we will do something but no help yet,” Singh informed.
Talking about the incident, Harjot said the incident took place February 27. “We were 3 people in a cab on our way to the 3rd checkpoint where we were told to return due to security reasons. While coming back, multiple bullets were fired at our car due to which I sustained multiple bullet injuries,” he added.
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Recently March 1, a young Indian medical student, Naveen SG of Karnataka, was killed in shelling in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv when he ventured out to buy food for himself and fellow students.
Singh said the Centre is making efforts to ensure that the maximum number of students can come out of Ukraine with as less loss as possible.
India has been evacuating its citizens through special flights from Ukraine’s western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to the Russian military offensive.
PTI