Woman, who once rode 1,400 km to rescue son now worried about him being stuck in war-torn Ukraine
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Telangana: The single mother from Telangana who once rode nearly 1,400 km on a scooter to bring back her stranded son in Andhra Pradesh during the coronavirus-induced lockdown in 2020 is now in distress again.
As per a PTI report, Razia Begum, a teacher at a government school in Telangana's Nizamabad district, has been frantic with worry about the 19-year-old son who is now stranded in war-hit Ukraine along with several Indian students.
Razia's son Nizammudin Aman is pursuing MBBS first-year studies at Sumy in the eastern European nation.
Sumy is situated close to the Russian border, and most of the Indian students stuck there belong to the Sumy State Medical University.
As per PTI, Razia urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, and state Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali to take steps to ensure the safe return of her son and other Indian students amid the tense situation in Ukraine.
"They are not able to get out of there since it is not safe to step out. I appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rescue my son along with other Indian students stuck there," she appealed.
Nizamuddin Aman is staying put in bunkers and is communicating with her over the phone, Razia Begum told PTI on Thursday, March 3.
Razia said that Nizamuddin had called to reassure her that he is okay and that she need not worry about him.
According to her, transportation links with the place he is staying are said to have been cut off.
Two years ago, Razia had undertaken a long and arduous journey, to bring back her son stranded in Nellore district in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh following the imposition of a nation-wide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. With local police permission, she rode alone to Nellore and had returned with her younger son, showing an endurance level even seasoned rallyists would find hard to match.
She began the journey on the morning of April 6, 2020, and reached Nellore the next afternoon. She left for her home town on the same day along with her son and reached Bodhan on the evening of April 8, 2020. She had packed rotis to eat along the way, making stops at fuel stations.