Foreign Tourist Found Dead In Hotel Room During Visit To Odisha’s Rayagada

Rayagada: A foreign tourist, who was touring Odisha, died under mysterious circumstances at a hotel in Rayagada town.

The deceased has been identified as Vladimir Videnov, a Russian national.

According to sources, Vladimir arrived in Rayagada on December 21 from Daringbadi in Kandhamal district. He along with four other foreign tourists checked into Sai International Hotel. He, however, was found dead in the hotel room the following day.

On being informed, Rayagada police reached the hotel and recovered the body, which was then sent to the district headquarters hospital for postmortem.

“An investigation is underway to ascertain the circumstances under which the foreign tourist died at the hotel. The postmortem will be conducted after the deceased’s family members reach Rayagada,” said Rayagada police station IIC Rashmi Ranjan Pradhan said on Friday.