Rejected twice by Indian Army 21-year-old student from TN joins Ukrainian Army

The 21-year-old Tamil Nadu youth is fighting for the Georgian National Legion paramilitary unit comprising of volunteers

A 21-year-old from Tamil Nadu, who was rejected twice by the Indian Army, is now fighting in the Ukrainian Army against the invading Russian troops, an IANS report in The Tribune Chandigarh, says.

The 21-year-old Tamil Nadu youth is fighting for the Georgian National Legion paramilitary unit comprising of volunteers.

Intelligence reports received by the Union government say the Tamil youth, Sainikhesh Ravichandran of Thudaliyur in Coimbatore, is a student of Aerospace engineering at Kharkiv National University in Ukraine.

Tamil Nadu Police police sources say a group of Central intelligence bureau officers had visited the residence of Sanikesh a couple of days ago and collected all the details concerning him and also to ascertain why he had decided  to join the Ukrainian military.

His parents had informed the intelligence sleuths that he had a passion for military and armed training and showed his room plastered with photographs of Indian military and officers.

Sainiikesh, had  reportedly, made enquiries at the US consulate in Chennai to join in the US military, but realising the futility of his attempt he had returned home.

The family members, however, say he was actively pursuing his five year aerospace engineering course and had informed them a few days before the war broke out that he had got employment in a video game developing company.

However, they came to know of his joining the Ukraine forces only after when the intelligence sleuths visited them. 

His father Ravichandran when contacted told IANS, “I am terribly upset and I have requested the Government of India to bring my son back to India. He had contacted home a few days ago and said that he was safe and he was not listening to our requests to come back.”

IANS

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