Atul Mangukiya, an uncle of Hemil Ashwinbhai Mangukiya, said he left India for Russia on December 14. The young man learned of the Russian army looking for “helpers” on social media. Based on a recruitment agent’s directions, he reached that country and took up a job that apparently paid handsomely. “Hemil’s first salary of Rs 2.3 lakh hit his bank account a few days ago,” his uncle said.