India, Nov. 3 -- The Delhi high court on Monday directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to take urgent and concrete measures to secure the repatriation of a 23-year-old Indian man, who had travelled to Russia on a student visa but was allegedly compelled to join the ongoing armed conflict with Ukraine.

A bench of justice Sachin Datta issued the directions while dealing with a petition filed by the man's mother, Hasinaben Samsudinbhai Majothi, from Gujarat's Morbi, who said that her son was framed in a false case to extort money and has been duped into fighting for the Russian forces in the country's war with Ukraine.

In her petition, argued by advocates Robin Raju and Deepa Joseph, the woman-a cancer patient and divorcee-stated ...