SHILLONG, March 4: As many as 33 students from Meghalaya have safely reached India out of 43 contacted by the state government.
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said four more students landed in India on Friday bringing the total number of returnees to 33.
Four more are en route New Delhi while one student is crossing the Ukrainian border. Five students are currently in Budapest and will be flown back to India soon, the CM said.
Indian national shot at in Kiev
Indian national Harjot Singh received bullet injuries while he was attempting to escape from the Ukrainian capital, and is currently in a Kiev hospital, where he is said to be “out of danger”.
Harjot’s brother Prabhjot Singh, who resides in Delhi’s Chhattarpur, said: “The last conversation I had with Harjot was on February 26 at 9 pm. I haven’t spoken to him since then. On March 2, at night, he contacted the family and informed them about his injuries. “He informed that he was hit by three to four bullets while he was trying to leave Kiev. Locals took him to the hospital and after four days, when he regained consciousness, he contacted the family with a doctor’s cellphone,” Prabhjot narrated. (With IANS input)