As many as five Russian employees of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant have died in the past 11 days, prompting the police to initiate a probe. On January 28, Barcenko Alexei, 48, died during treatment at Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex, while Shakiroff Alexei, 40, passed away in his sleep on February 2. Three days later, Schukin Pavel, a 48-year-old mechanical engineer of sub-contractor firm Trest Rossem, died at the same upazila medical facility after suddenly falling sick. Also read: 2 Russian employees of Rooppur nuke plant die  Tolmasoff Vassiliev, 59, another employee of another sub-contractor firm, died on the stairs of his 14th floor flat at a tower in the Green City housing project for the Russian officials of the power plant the same day. On Sunday, Vortonikov Alexander, a 45-year-old employee of Nikim Atomstroya firm of the plant, was found dead in his flat at the same residential complex. Asadussaman, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi police station, said that the autopsy reports of the deceased Russian nationals "did not show anything suspicious". Also read: Rooppur NPP Unit-2: Inner containment construction completed "One of them used to have drugs, while another had a cardiac ailment. However, we are probing all the deaths," he said.

Two Russian employees of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Ishwardi upazila in Pabna died early Saturday. The deceased are Schukin Pavel,48, mechanical engineer of sub-contractor company Trest Rossem, and Tolmasoff  Vassiliev, 59, installer of another company SMU-1. Both of them were residents of Green City Project, housing project for the Russian officials of the power plant Police said Pavel fell sick around 3 am and was brought to Ishwardi upazila health Complex where a doctor announced him dead. Also read: Rooppur NPP Unit-2: Inner containment construction completed “We suspect he died from excessive alcohol intake,” said Asaduzzaman Officer-in-Charge of Ishwardi police station. Meanwhile, Tolmasoff collapsed at 2 am while getting down from the stairs on the 14th floor of the building and died on the spot, said a doctor of the employer company. OC Asaduzzaman said both the bodies will be sent to Russia through the embassy after autopsy. Also read: DGHS closes 11 private Covid testing booths in Rooppur due to irregularities