Russian tourist found dead in Goa guest house

GO GOA? Goa has been attracting a lot of negative publicity since the murder of British teen, Scarlette Keeling (above).

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Panaji: Even as the Goa Police grapple with investigations into the alleged alleged rape and murder of 15-year-old British national, Scarlette Keeling, another murder has come to light in state.

Police said on Monday that a Russian tourist was found dead in a guest house at Vagator in north Goa's coastal belt.

Twenty-eight-year-old Kabanov Valdimir from Mockobckar city in Russia, had been touring Goa since beginning of April and had checked into the guest house on April 11.

Anjuna Police, who is investigating the case, stated that Valdimir had been found dead in the guest house on Sunday afternoon.

"The door was locked from inside and we went to the spot after receiving a call," a police official was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.

The death of another tourist can all but mean bad publicity for Goan authorities who are already under the scanner for an alleged cover up in the Scarlette Keeling case.

The British teenager's naked body was found on Anjuna Beach in February. The Police had earlier stated that she died of a drug overdose, but it was later discovered that Scarlette had been sexually assaulted and murdered.

(With inputs from PTI)