On 29 December the death of Pavel Antov, and his companion Vladimir Budanov, is being investigated as criminal cases by Indian Police. Police have seized “collected medical and other documents, photographs, passports and documents”. A post mortem has shown Mr Antov died from “severe internal injuries”. Indian lawyer and opposition politician Manish Tewari questioned why the bodies were allowed to be cremated. Further commenting: "If you look at the facts, which are available in the public space, they do seem to suggest that people who have been critics of the Ukrainian war have died under rather mysterious circumstances". Earlier, Antov had stated on WhatsApp about the Russian warfare that "It’s extremely hard to call this anything other than terror”."Four senior Russians die suddenly over Christmas", New Zealand Herold, 31 December 2022
