Kamareddy, Sept. 30 -- Four youths from Telangana who went to Russia for employment have allegedly been trapped and forced into military service, their families claimed on Tuesday.

The youths have been identified as Afzal Khan, Ravinder, Ashok, and Prakash. According to their families, they were sent to Russia by an agent named Gangadhar from Dubbaka under the pretext of providing work.

Abbaskhan, father of Afzal Khan and a native of Tadkole mandal in Banswada, Kamareddy district, stated, "My elder son Afzal Khan went to Russia to earn money due to financial issues. He worked happily for four months."

He further alleged that certain individuals created fake passports and transported his son along with four others to Ukraine, where they...