Jalandhar, March 17 -- Deepak, a 25-year-old man from Haryana, who returned to his family on February 17 after being stranded in Russia for 10 months, visited Sultanpur Lodhi on Monday and met Rajya Sabha MP Balbir Singh Seechewal, whose intervention secured his release.

Sharing his ordeal, Deepak claimed that he was kept hungry for three days in a police station in Moscow and was given only water to drink.

Deepak added that he had left his home for Moscow on April 22 last year. "The travel agent had taken Rs.4 lakh from me with the promise of arranging a job with a salary of Rs.90,000 per month. However, after working for a month in the company, when I asked for my salary, I was dismissed from the job," he said.

"Later, the travel age...