Dehradun: A day after the death of a Russian woman Tatiana Lubiana in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand police continue to investigate the case from various angles. Police said it appears to be a case of negligence on part of the Russian woman. The cause of death has not been disclosed in the autopsy report, Police said the viscera has been preserved.
The Russian woman Lubiana was found dead in a hot spring in the Gangnani area, which is 45 km away from the Uttarkashi district headquarters.
Police investigate the case from different angles
The police are investigating the case from different angles. Since she used to do meditation, the police suspect that she might have fallen in the Parashar kund spring. Another possibility is that her death was caused due to the poisonous gases emitted from the sulphur hot spring.
Temperature variation may be a cause behind her death
Since Gangnani spring, the site of her death, is close to Gangotri shrine, there are chances of temperature variation. While Gamnani is a hot spring, the Gangotri shrine area records a very low temperature in winter. “Russian woman was in the habit of swimming frequently in the hot spring even after sunset. So, her death may be caused due to the temperature variation,” Manoj Aswal, station house officer of the Maneri police station told news9live.com on phone.
Russian woman stayed at Parashar Kund late in the night
According to police, the Russian woman had gone to Parashar Kund for swimming on Saturday evening. She continued to do meditation for several hours. “Around 9 pm, her Russian friend also went there to take the bath. She returned to her hotel in Gangnani area around 10.15 pm. However, Russian woman Lubiana stayed there. She was in the habit of having a good time at the same spot,” Aswal further said.
A sweeper saw her body floating in the Kund
A sweeper, who went to the Parashar Kund area for the cleaning job, first saw the Russian woman’s body floating in the Kund next morning. He shared this information with local shopkeepers. Later, the information about the floating body of the Russian woman reached the police station. Subsequently, Police reached the spot and took her body for post-mortem.
She reached Uttarkashi a month back
Russian woman Lubiana was accompanied by her two friends- a woman from Russian and a man from a European country. She had met her two friends during her tour of South India. They were currently visiting different religious sites in India. In Uttarkashi, she had reached a month back. While she was on way from Gangotri, she stayed at Parashar Kund for some time. She liked the place and decided to stay in the area near the Kund.
The information about the Russian woman’s death has been given to the Russian embassy in New Delhi.
