A Tamil Nadu doctor, detained by Russian authorities in Sochi in September, remains stranded without travel documents. His wife alleges harassment and ill-treatment in custody and has appealed to the Central and state governments to help bring him back safely

Chennai: What was supposed to be an interesting trip to Russia turned out to be an ordeal for a doctor hailing from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district after he was allegedly detained by Russian authorities in Sochi in September this year.

Dr K Jagadeeswaran’s wife appealed to the Central and state governments to intervene and help her in getting her husband extradited to India safely. Detailing the ordeal Jagadeeswaran went through in Russia, his wife, Yamini, told PTI that he was tortured and humiliated in custody for an unknown rea

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