Probe begins into mysterious death of Russian lawmaker, his friend in Odisha

Odisha police have initiated a highlevel investigation into the mysterious death of two Russian tourists including a lawmaker named Pavel Antov in Rayagada district of OdishaOdisha DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal has ordered the CIDCrime Branch to take over the inquiry into the cases related to unnatural death of two Russian nationals in Rayagada ditrictVladimir Bidenov a close friend of Antov was found lying unconscious in his hotel room on December 22 When he was taken to the Rayagada district hospital the doctor declared him dead the police saidFollowing the approval of the Russian authority in India the body of Bidenov was cremated in RayagadaAntov stated to be a member of the legislative assembly of Vladimir Putins regime was found in a pool of blood outside the same hotel on December 24 the police saidThe police are yet to ascertain whether Antov accidentally fell off the terrace of the hotel or committed suicide The cops are also looking into other angles of the two casesThese two deaths within a short span of time in one location have put the Odisha police on a tizzyAlso Read Tunisha Sharma death Forensic team visits TV show set seize actors clothesAs the tourist season is going on in India four people from Russia had come to Rayagada of which one person Vladimir Bidenov died due to a heart related problem as per the preliminary investigation said DGP BansalTill now we have not found any foul play in the case he saidTwo days after Bidenovs death his friend Antov died in a suspected suicidal case Bansal saidWe have registered an unnatural death case and are conducting an investigation The postmortem has been done The Russian authority in Kolkata is in touch with us We are extending all support they want in this case the DGP informedMeanwhile Pandit Rajesh Uttamrao DIG Koraput along with Rayagada SP Vivekanand Sharma visited the hotel as part of the probeOur scientific investigation is going on We are waiting for the postmortem reports As per doctors opinion in the report we will conduct further investigation said PanditAs per reports four Russian citizens along with their guide Jitendra Singh had first travelled to Daringbadi and then to Kandhamal district Later they travelled to Rayagada and stayed at Sai International Hotel in the townHotel owner Koushik Thakur said the four Russian nationals checked into the hotel on December 21 Two of them died while a Russian couple checked out on Tuesday Antov was upset following the death of Bidenov he saidAntov belonged to the ruling party of Valdimir Putin and had recently sent out a message criticising Russian attacks in Ukraine but had later retracted the statement according to several media reportsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever