HighlightsThe physique of Russian millionaire meat processing tycoon and politician Pavel Antov, 65, was present in a pool of blood.His dying got here two days after that of one other member of his journey get together.The deaths occurred at a luxurious lodge in India’s jap Odisha state.
Indian police are investigating the sudden deaths of a rich Russian politician who reportedly criticised the and his travelling companion at a luxurious lodge, authorities mentioned Tuesday.
The physique of millionaire meat processing tycoon and native politician Pavel Antov, 65, was discovered Saturday in a pool of blood outdoors his lodgings in jap Odisha state, the place he was on vacation with three different Russian nationals.
His dying got here two days after one other member of the journey get together, Vladimir Bidenov, was discovered unconscious after struggling an obvious coronary heart assault on the identical lodge and couldn’t be revived.
Police mentioned they had been reviewing CCTV footage, questioning lodge employees and had been ready on detailed post-mortem stories, however thus far there was no signal of foul play.
“All potential angles with regards to the deaths of two Russian nationals are being verified,” regional police chief Rajesh Pandit advised AFP.
Mr Bidenov’s coronary heart assault had seemingly been attributable to binge consuming and a potential drug overdose, he mentioned.
“Up to now plainly Antov unintentionally fell from the lodge terrace,” he added.
“He was most likely disturbed by the dying of his pal and went to the lodge terrace and certain fell to his dying from there.”
The officer mentioned Mr Antov and his mates had arrived within the state in mid-December and visited a number of places earlier than arriving at their lodge in Rayagada in the beginning of final week.
Two native journey brokers accompanying the get together had additionally been questioned, together with the opposite two Russian members of the vacation group.
Mr Antov was since 2018 a member of a regional parliament 150 kilometres east of Moscow, representing President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia get together.
Earlier than getting into politics he based the meals processing enterprise Vladimirsky Standart and in 2019 he was ranked the richest amongst all parliamentarians and senior officers within the nation by the Russian version of Forbes journal.
In June, Russian media printed a WhatsApp message attributed to Antov that mentioned a Kremlin missile bombardment on Ukraine was “terrorism”.
Mr Antov took to the Russian social media community VK to disclaim writing the message, insisting that he supported Russia’s “particular army operation” in Ukraine.
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