AGRA: A 55-year-old Russian engineer was found dead inside a room of a five-star hotel in Agra on Monday. He had been staying there for the last 17 days.
The deceased man has been identified as Oleg Filippov. He was reportedly associated with aircraft maintenance and had arrived in India with his friend Aleksandr Khramtsov on April 2.
Filippov came on a business visa which was issued on March 5 this year. It was valid for six months - till September 2021.
According to police, the incident came to light when his friend Khramtsov, who was staying in the adjacent room, called him in the morning but did not get any response. He immediately informed the hotel staff, who called the police and when they opened the door, they found him lying unconscious in the washroom.
The body has been sent for postmortem at SN Medical College, police said.
When contacted, Sadar circle officer Rajeev Kumar said that prima facie it is a "natural death". "It could be anything. Cardiac arrest or brain haemorrhage, but the actual cause will be known only after the autopsy," Kumar added.
Agra SSP Muniraj G told TOI that a panel of doctors will conduct the postmortem which will be videographed. The embassy has been informed, he said.