Few hours after MBBS Karnataka student killed in Russian shelling In Kharkiv, on Tuesday, about three dozen students from Ukraine’s tricity stranded in Ukraine were allowed to board a train to Lviv, which is located close to the country’s western border, a family member of Chandigarh-based student Nikita Mehta said. Indian Express,
“Nikita told us today that since they were alerted by the Indian embassy there to leave Kharkiv at the earliest. They boarded the train to Lviv. The train would stop briefly in Kiev before proceeding to Lviv. According to Nikita A large number of students from , Tricity and parts of Punjab have managed to board the train with him. He told us that the train was completely packed. He found accommodation on the floor of the train as all the seats were occupied. Two trains leave from Kharkiv to Lviv daily. He spoke to us a few minutes before boarding the train. He told us that he was advised to turn off his phones before boarding the train as active phone connections can be dangerous Nikita Mehta’s cousin Mayank Sharma said that he did not tell anything about the murder of MBBS student in Kharkiv today.
Mayank said, “Nikita told me that though her university teachers had advised her to stay for another day at Kharkiv metro station, she had decided to take out the first train and leave Kharkiv as soon as possible.”
Nikita Mehta, a final year MBBS student at Kharkiv National Medical University (KNMU), hails from Sector 41, Chandigarh.
Another girl’s father Raveena Kaur confirmed that her daughter also managed to board a train to Lviv.
“I spoke to my daughter Raveena Kaur at 4 pm today. She had managed to board a packed train. He told me that he had decided to leave Kharkiv because the danger was increasing every day. They will decide the further course of action after reaching Lviv. For now, they will either move to Poland, Hungary or Romania and then be evicted from there,” said Gurmeet Singh, father of Raveena Kaur. Gurmeet Singh is a resident of Sector 38 West.
Mayank Sharma, along with several other parents, had also met Punjab Governor-cum-Union Territory Administrator Banwarilal Purohit on Tuesday to apprise him about the students stranded in Ukraine. Even two days ago, many parents went to the Punjab Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum to the UT administrator.
Later in the day, Chandigarh Police personnel visited the residence of the students stranded in Ukraine and met their family members. According to officials, the SHO of the area personally met the family members of the stranded students. “The information of 49 people stranded in Ukraine from Chandigarh was collected by the Chandigarh Police. Of these, we found that 17 people had already returned home safely,” said a police officer. Sources said these 17 persons had returned from Ukraine after they had assessed the threat of war about a week ago.