A doctor from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district was allegedly detained by Russian authorities in Sochi in September this year and was tortured in custody, his wife has accused.

Dr K Jagadeeswaran, who has a degree in medicine from an Armenian University in 2022, had been living in Armenia with his wife Yamini and a baby girl since graduating. They visit their families in Tamil Nadu in August this year, according to his wife.

“I am from Chennai, while Jagadeeswaran hails from Tiruvallur. During our visit, my husband’s friend Shekhar Manikandan requested Jagadeeswaran to accompany him for Russia as he is able to converse well in the Russian language," she told news agency PTI .

Jagadeeswaran’s friend reportedly ran an educational consultancy in Russia and wanted Jagadeeswaran to accompan

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