Police said they are investigating the death from all angles
Rayagada:
A Russian tourist has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in the Rayagada district of Odisha, two days after his traveling companion was found dead there, police said Sunday.
Pavel Anthom, 65, was found lying in a pool of blood outside the hotel on Saturday, they said.
Vladimir Bidenov, Pavel’s companion, was found dead at the same hotel on December 22. He was found unconscious in a room on the first floor of the hotel with several empty bottles of wine around. around.
When he was taken to the district hospital, doctors declared him dead.
Vladimir and Pavel were part of a four-member Russian tourist group, along with their guide Jitendra Singh, who checked into a hotel in Rayagada town on Wednesday.
Regarding Pavel’s death, a senior police officer said it appeared to be a suicide.
“Pavel was depressed because of the death of his friend,” he said.
Police say they are investigating Pavel’s death from all angles, including the possibility that he accidentally fell from the rooftop.
Two other team members were asked to stay and cooperate with the investigation, the official said.
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