Indian student Harjot Singh shot at in Ukraine, Govt to bear expenses of his treatment

New Delhi: In the latest development, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday announced that it has decided to bear the medical expenses of Harjot Singh. Harjot is currently receiving treatment at a Kyiv hospital.

Harjot is one of the thousands of Indian students who are trying to escape from the worn-torn country, Ukraine. Singh said he and his friends were denied entry to board a train at Kyiv station for Lviv. Therefore, they decided to hire a cab to Lviv. However, many people started firing at their cab when they were on their way to Lviv after leaving Kyiv.

Meanwhile, one bullet shot at his shoulder, another entered at his chest, and multiple rounds of firing also fractured his leg, according to Singh.

Watch video of Harjot Singh:

#WATCH “No support from the Indian embassy yet. I have been trying to get in touch with them, every day they say we will do something but no help yet,” says Harjot Singh, an Indian who sustained multiple bullet injuries in war-torn Ukraine, receiving treatment at a Kyiv hospital pic.twitter.com/8oc9urO74s

— ANI (@ANI) March 4, 2022

Informing the development, the Ministry of External Affairs said, ”Govt of India will be bearing expenses for Harjot Singh’s medical treatment (in Kyiv, Ukraine). We are trying to ascertain his medical status… Our embassy is trying to get an updat on his health status…trying to reach out but facing trouble as it’s a conflict zone.”

Govt of India will be bearing expenses for Harjot Singh’s medical treatment (in Kyiv, #Ukraine.) We are trying to ascertain his medical status… Our embassy is trying to get an update on his health status…trying to reach out but facing trouble as it’s a conflict zone: MEA pic.twitter.com/lijSf7DcIc

— ANI (@ANI) March 4, 2022

It is reported the injured student hails from Delhi’s Chhatarpur. Singh said the dreaded incident happened on February 27.

Remembering the fire, Singh added, ”God has given me a second life, I want to live it. I request the embassy to evacuate me from here…help me with documentation.”

It doesn’t matter if you send a charter (plane) after death…God has given me a second life, I want to live it. I request the embassy to evacuate me from here, provide me facilities like a wheelchair, help me with documentation…: Harjot Singh pic.twitter.com/m5EVdjVhD6

— ANI (@ANI) March 4, 2022

Earlier, an Indian student Naveen Shekharappa died in Ukraine amid the crisis of both countries on March 1. The 21-year-old student was a resident of Karnataka.