"We have come to know that he was one of the members of the cargo ship. The cause of his death would be known only after post-mortem. As per our preliminary investigation, he suddenly collapsed onboard the ship. He might have died of heart attack," SP, Jagatsinghpur, Akhileshwar Singh was quoted saying.
The visceral samples of Vladimir Bydanov, Antov's friend who had died of a 'heart attack' on December 22, were preserved. However, the officials have revealed that the cops did not ask to preserve the visceral samples of Antov, who apparently committed suicide 2 days later.