Hyderabad, Oct. 12 -- A man from Telangana's Kamareddy district who went to Russia on the promise of an oil industry job and was allegedly posted on the Russia-Ukraine border with the army, is feared dead.

Mohammed Afzal Khan, 43, a native of Banswada, left for Russia on February 15 after an agent promised him work in the oil industry. His family has asked the Indian Embassy in Moscow for information on his whereabouts and wellbeing. If his death is confirmed, they want the embassy to help bring his body home.

The news came through Sirshu Ashok, a native of Nizamabad, who also went to Russia on the promise of a job. According to a Deccan Chronicle report, Ashok sent his wife a voice message claiming that Khan had been killed last week w...