"Indian Embassy in Moscow has informed me that a Criminal case has been registered to investigate the death of Yasir Javed in Kazan," Swaraj tweeted.
Javed was attacked by unknown miscreants in Kazan city on March 3 and he died last Tuesday at a hospital there after remaining in coma for several days.
India had sought a thorough probe and filing of a criminal case by Russian authorities into Javed's death.
"The Embassy has sought an investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of an innocent person and filing of a criminal case," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup had said last week.
He had said a team of officials from Indian Embassy in Moscow had gone to Kazan where they met investigators and police officials.
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