US EditionDouble Tragedy in Goa: Russian National Arrested for Gruesome Murders
Aleksei Leonov allegedly killed two Russian women by slitting their throats after disputes, police said, with two separate cases registered at Mandrem police station.
- On Friday , Mandrem police arrested Aleksei Leonov, a 37-year-old Russian national on a business visa, for allegedly killing two Russian compatriots in Morjim and Arambol.
- Police say the killings followed personal disputes, and Leonov and one victim were living together at a rented Arambol house after Kasthanova arrived on a tourist visa December 24.
- Sometime after 11 pm the landlady reported the first attack; investigators allege Vaneeva was killed with a sharp-edged weapon and Kastanova, found at 9.15 pm, was tied with rope-like material.
- Mandrem police registered two murder cases under the BNS, case number 05.26, noting the FIR alleges Leonov assaulted and restrained Kastanova before killing her; Vaneeva's decomposed body complicated the timeline.
- The motive remains unascertained as investigators continue their probe; police identified Leonov as a fire display performer who entered India on a business visa.
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