After a search spanning a number of days, the physique of Ajit Chaudhary, a 22-year-old Indian scholar from Rajasthan’s Alwar district, has been recovered from a dam close to White River in Ufa metropolis, Russia.
IMAGE: Ajit Chaudhary was pursuing MBBS course at Bashkir State Medical College in Russia’s Ufa. {Photograph}: X
Ajit, a resident of Kafanwada village in Alwar and was pursuing MBBS course at Bashkir State Medical College in Ufa, had been lacking since October 19, when he left his hostel and didn’t return. A day later, his garments had been discovered close to the riverbank, prompting an in depth search operation.
Members of the family had been knowledgeable in regards to the restoration of his physique on Thursday afternoon. Ajit’s mates and fellow college students in Russia confirmed his identification.
The native authorities have despatched the physique for autopsy earlier than initiating its repatriation to India, which might take as much as two days, his uncle Narayan Chaudhary mentioned.
Based on members of the family, Ajit’s mother and father had offered part of their farmland to fund his medical research overseas. His brother is making ready for aggressive examinations in Alwar.
“Ajit went to Russia to pursue MBBS in December 2023. We received info from his mates there that his physique was discovered on Thursday,” Narayan Chaudhary mentioned.
“Now we have been knowledgeable that the physique has been saved in a mortuary for autopsy. We request the Authorities of India to expedite the method of bringing his physique again,” he mentioned.
Former Union Minister Bhanwar Jitendra Singh expressed grief over the scholar’s loss of life, calling it “deeply distressing.”
“The information of Ajit Singh Chaudhary’s loss of life is surprising. The younger scholar from Kafanwada village went to Russia with nice hope and energy by his household. His disappearance and now loss of life below suspicious circumstances demand a severe investigation,” Singh mentioned in a submit on X.
He urged Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the Indian Embassy to make sure that the physique is introduced residence instantly and that the circumstances of the loss of life are completely investigated.
