Russian's death in Odisha: CID to drop dummy from hotel's 3rd floor to recreate Pavel Antov's deadly fall

Ten days after a Russian businessman and lawmaker died in Odisha, investigators are planning to conduct a simulation in which a dummy will be dropped from the hotel's third floor.

On 24 December 2022, Pavel Antov had fallen to death from the third floor of a hotel in Odisha's Rayagada. Days earlier, his friend had been found dead at the same hotel.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will use a dummy with the same weight and height as Antov to recreate the circumstances in which he died. Experts will try to ascertain the nature of the incident and injury marks on Antov's body, and cross-check with the autopsy report.

Investigators also continued to interrogate the hotel staffers, while the seized items will be sent for forensic examination.

The local police, which conducted the autopsy, did not preserve the viscera samples for future investigation. The CID has collected some remnants of Antov's body from the crematorium.

(With PTI inputs)

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