Indian police are investigating the sudden deaths of a wealthy Russian politician who reportedly criticised the war on Ukraine and his travelling companion at a luxury hotel, authorities said Tuesday.
Russian sausage millionaire and local politician Pavel Antov was found in a pool of blood.The body of Russian millionaire meat processing tycoon and politician Pavel Antov, 65, was found in a pool of blood.The deaths occurred at a luxury hotel in India's eastern Odisha state.
His death came two days after another member of the travel party, Vladimir Bidenov, was found unconscious after suffering an apparent heart attack at the same hotel and could not be revived.Police said they were reviewing CCTV footage, questioning hotel staff and were waiting on detailed autopsy reports, but so far there was no sign of foul play.
Mr Bidenov's heart attack had likely been caused by binge drinking and a possible drug overdose, he said."He was probably disturbed by the death of his friend and went to the hotel terrace and likely fell to his death from there."The officer said Mr Antov and his friends had arrived in the state in mid-December and visited several locations before arriving at their hotel in Rayagada at the start of last week.
Mr Antov was since 2018 a member of a regional parliament 150 kilometres east of Moscow, representing President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party.
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