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Missing Israeli in India feared dead after body found with his passport

By Barak Ravid

An Israeli who went missing on a trip to India is now feared dead, after a body bearing his passport was found near his hotel.

However, the body has not yet been positively identified as the missing man, Vadim Sputelnik, 35, of Tel Aviv. His wife left for India last night to identify him.

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putelnik, who was doing his doctorate in physics at the Weizmann Institute, went to India for a conference at which he presented the results of his research. Afterward, he stayed on for a week of touring, and was supposed to return to Israel last Friday.

On Thursday, however, the owner of his hotel in Rajasthan told the police he had disappeared, after he failed to return from a tour and also missed his check-out time. After a search, the local police found a body with an Israeli passport on it in a nearby wood.

The police concluded that the victim had been murdered during a robbery, since no wallet, money or camera was found on the body.

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3.	This is sad..hope such events cease to exist	04:33	\|	Santhosh Hosdurg	17/02/08

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