Ukraine-Russia Conflict | Second Indian Student Dies In Ukraine, Suffers Stroke

The victim identified as Chandan Jindal had been studying in Ukraine's Vinnytsia for four years. The 21-year-old breathed his last while being treated in the hospital for an illness.

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New Delhi: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government intensified evacuation of stranded Indians from Ukraine, another Indian student from Punjab lost his life in the war-torn country on Wednesday.

The victim identified as Chandan Jindal had been studying in Ukraine's Vinnytsia for four years. The 21-year-old breathed his last while being treated in the hospital for an illness.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Jindal lost his life due to natural causes, ANI reported.

“Chandan Jindal, an Indian national in Ukraine, lost his life due to natural causes. His family is also in Ukraine,” said MEA official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

Jindal, who hailed from Punjab’s Burnala, fell ill earlier on February 2 and had a surgery.

His parents Shishan Kumar and Taya Krishna Kumar travelled to Ukraine to be with him earlier on February 7.

His father has written to the Government of India to make arrangements for bringing back his body.

Earlier on Tuesday, a 21-year-old Indian medical student was killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv near the Russian border.

The victim Naveen S G, who hailed from Chalageri village in Karnataka’s Haveri district, was a fourth-year MBBS student at Kharkiv National Medical University.

The Central government has intensified evacuation of stranded Indians from Ukraine.

According to reports, 26 flights have been scheduled over the next 3 days to bring home the Indian nationals from Ukraine.

So far, ten flights have arrived in India from Ukraine's neighbouring countries under ‘Operation Ganga’.

“#OperationGanga developments. Six flights have now departed for India in the last 24 hours. Includes the first flights from Poland. Carried back 1377 more Indian nationals from Ukraine,” External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar tweeted earlier in the day.