By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: ‘We appreciate the investigation efforts by the Indian authorities into the death of two Russian nationals in Odisha.Meanwhile it would be useful for some Hercule Poirot lovers to learn that cremation in Russia is as customary as burial.Idleness is the root of all evil,’ Russian Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov tweeted @AmbRus_India.
‘The nearest relatives of the deceased have clearly expressed their will to have bodies of Vladimir Bydanov and Pavel Antov cremated and their remains (ashes) brought to Russia,’ the Consulate General of Russia in Kolkata said in a tweet.
Four-member Crime Branch team led by DSP Saroj Mahanta arrives in Rayagada along with 2 members of forensic lab.
Odisha Police chief SK Bansal had ordered CID-Crime Branch to take over enquiry into Rayagada Police Station UD Case No.34/2022 & No.35/2022. These cases relates to unnatural death of two Russian nationals in Rayagada.
Russian MP and business man Pavel Antov was found dead after allegedly falling from the third floor window of the hotel on December 24.
Antov’s death took place two days post his 62-year-old friend Vladimir Videnov’s demise, who was also staying in the same room and died after falling ill. Antov, Videnov, a Russian couple and tourist guide Jitendra Singh had come to visit south Odisha districts. All of them checked into the hotel on December 21.
Pavel Antov, who was a lawmaker in Russia, had recently sent out a message criticising Russian attacks on Ukraine, but had later retracted the statement, according to reports.
