Bhubaneswar: A prominent lawyer and Congress MP Manish Tewari has raised eyebrows over the cremation of two Russian tourists upon their deaths under mysterious circumstances in a hotel at Rayagada last week.
Taking to Twitter on Thursday the Congress MP has wondered, “Two Christians cremated not buried! Why? Hercule Poirot says burnt bodies tell no tales”.
Hercule Poirot is a fictional detective created by the British novelist Agatha Christie.
Two Christians cremated not buried!
Why ?
Hercule Poirot says burnt bodies tell no tales. https://t.co/wdwDbfOwEd
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) December 29, 2022
It is pertinent to mention here that Pavel Antov (65), a Russian deputy (lawmaker) of the Legislative Assembly of the Vladimir Region and multi-millionaire businessman, died after allegedly falling from the hotel’s third-floor terrace on December 24.
Vladimir Bidenov, his fellow traveller and hotel roommate, was also unconscious in his room on December 22 and was later declared dead by doctors at the district headquarters hospital in Rayagada.
The two consecutive deaths aroused global interest because Antov was critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year in June.
Earlier on Wednesday, Tewari had posted a video on Twitter highlighting the mysterious circumstances under which the Russian tourists Antov and Bidenov had died.
“A Russian Oligarch ..a war Critic..an offbeat hotel..a colleague who dies under mysterious circumstances…a convenient window..another death..a cremation in India of two Christians rather than a burial…the bodies not repatriated to their native countries. If this not unnatural death then I did not go to law school,” Tewari said in the video statement on Twitter.
Russian Oligarch ..War Critic..Off beat hotel..Convenient window..Fall…Death..Colleague died 2 days earlier..same hotel ….Both cremated in India..being Christians not buried..Bodies not sent home to Russia
IF THIS IS NOT UNNATURAL THEN I DID NOT GO TO LAW SCHOOL@Naveen_Odisha pic.twitter.com/A81KYGA8aG
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) December 28, 2022
The Congress MP has tagged Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the tweet.
