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Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:33
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Family members of Russian found dead in Goa suspect murder
Panaji, Nov 18 (PTI) Six months after Russian teenager
Elena Sukhanova was found dead on the tracks near Thivim
railway station in India's coastal state of Goa, her family
members now suspect that she was murdered.
"The facts placed by the Indian police clearly
indicate that she was killed," Dimitiry Voronova, Elena's
brother-in-law, who is presently in Goa to identify her
remains, said.
The mutilated body of the 19-year-old MBA student
was found lying on the tracks near Thivim railway station
on May 7, 2009.
Police had termed it as a case of "accidental death",
claiming that the Russian came under the wheels of the train
in which she was travelling, a possibility that the Konkan
railway authorities had rubbished.
The family members, banking on the photographs of her
body (sent from Goa) and her original pictures had consulted
the forensic laboratory in Moscow, which said that the
"remains does not seem to be that of Elena."
Dimitry said he will write a formal letter to the
police "seeking detailed investigation of the case" to confirm
whether Elena was murdered.
"She (Elena) was supposed to come back to Moscow on
May 3. On May 2, Elena had called up home confirming that she
will be leaving from Goa. We don't understand why she stayed
back," he said.
"We got to know about her death through internet
reports and Moscow police. We still can't believe that she has
died. This was her first overseas trip and she had travelled
alone," Dimitry, a transport businessman in Russia, said.
Meanwhile police is still investigating the case and
questioning five people (two waiters, two youths from Pune and
a shack owner) who had befriended Elena on her Goa trip.
"We are still investigating the case. It's not
closed," Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sammy Tavares, told
PTI.
The Russian's death has left many questions unanswered
as she was found missing from her hotel in Calangute few days
before her death and even a missing complaint was filed with
the local police station.
Her passport which was also not found in her luggage
was later recovered by police under suspicious circumstances
near a tree in the hotel. PTI RPS
ANU
Elena Sukhanova was found dead on the tracks near Thivim
railway station in India's coastal state of Goa, her family
members now suspect that she was murdered.
"The facts placed by the Indian police clearly
indicate that she was killed," Dimitiry Voronova, Elena's
brother-in-law, who is presently in Goa to identify her
remains, said.
The mutilated body of the 19-year-old MBA student
was found lying on the tracks near Thivim railway station
on May 7, 2009.
Police had termed it as a case of "accidental death",
claiming that the Russian came under the wheels of the train
in which she was travelling, a possibility that the Konkan
railway authorities had rubbished.
The family members, banking on the photographs of her
body (sent from Goa) and her original pictures had consulted
the forensic laboratory in Moscow, which said that the
"remains does not seem to be that of Elena."
Dimitry said he will write a formal letter to the
police "seeking detailed investigation of the case" to confirm
whether Elena was murdered.
"She (Elena) was supposed to come back to Moscow on
May 3. On May 2, Elena had called up home confirming that she
will be leaving from Goa. We don't understand why she stayed
back," he said.
"We got to know about her death through internet
reports and Moscow police. We still can't believe that she has
died. This was her first overseas trip and she had travelled
alone," Dimitry, a transport businessman in Russia, said.
Meanwhile police is still investigating the case and
questioning five people (two waiters, two youths from Pune and
a shack owner) who had befriended Elena on her Goa trip.
"We are still investigating the case. It's not
closed," Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sammy Tavares, told
PTI.
The Russian's death has left many questions unanswered
as she was found missing from her hotel in Calangute few days
before her death and even a missing complaint was filed with
the local police station.
Her passport which was also not found in her luggage
was later recovered by police under suspicious circumstances
near a tree in the hotel. PTI RPS
ANU
