Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 3: The third similar incident in a fortnight saw another Russian found dead in Odisha on Tuesday, according to authorities.
The body of the Russian, identified as Sergey Milyakov, was discovered inside a ship that was berthed at Paradip Port in the Jagatsinghpur area.
The 51-year-old guy was the vessel’s head engineer as it travelled from Chittagong Port in Bangladesh to Mumbai via Paradip. Around 4.30 am, he was discovered dead in his ship’s chamber.
The cause of the death was not immediately known to the police.
“Another Russian national namely Milyakov Sergey, chief engineer of the ship found dead onboard a cargo ship in Odisha. Marine police along with other statutory authorities will carry out an investigation and after that only the final report will be available,” said Police.
Another Russian national namely Milyakov Sergey, chief engineer of the ship found dead onboard a cargo ship in Odisha.
Third Russian dies in Odisha in the last 15 days.
— ANI (@ANI) January 3, 2023
The chairman of the Paradip Port Trust, P. L. Haranand, announced that an inquiry was ongoing and confirmed the death of the Russian engineer.
In the later half of December, two Russian vacationers, one of whom was a lawmaker, were discovered dead in the southern Odisha town of Rayagada.
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On December 24, a Russian politician named Pavel Antov (age 65) died after allegedly falling from a hotel’s third floor, and on December 22, his companion Vladimir Bidenov (age 61) was discovered dead in his room. The Odisha Police is looking into both instances.
