According to the officials, these traffickers were operating as a syndicate, luring Indian nationals through social media platforms like YouTube and others, and also through their local contacts/agents for 'highly-paid jobs' in Russia.
A senior CBI official said, "The trafficked Indian nationals were then trained in combat roles and deployed at the front bases in the war zone against their wishes, thus putting their lives in grave danger." In the investigation it has also been found out that a few of the victims also got grievously injured in the war zone, he added.
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