The police stated Ritika Phogat, 17, was upset at narrowly dropping a wrestling event ultimate.
New Delhi:
Ritika Phogat, a cousin of champion wrestlers Geeta and Babita Phogat, died on Monday, allegedly by suicide, the Haryana police stated on Thursday.
The police stated Ritika Phogat, 17, was upset at narrowly dropping a wrestling event ultimate. She participated in a state-level competitors at Bharatpur between March 12 and 14.
She was discovered useless on the dwelling of her uncle, legendary wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat. In response to the police, she had been depressed about dropping the ultimate by one level. Each her father and Mahavir Phogat had been current on the event.
“Ritika, wrestler and cousin of Babita Phogat, died allegedly by suicide on March 17. The explanation behind it may need been her defeat at a current wrestling event in Rajasthan. Investigations are underway,” Ram Singh Bishnoi, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Charkhi Dadri, informed information company ANI.
The teenager’s cousin Harvindra Phogat stated the household is in shock and had by no means realized how deeply she had been affected by the loss.
Ritika Phogat had reportedly educated with Mahavir Singh Phogat, a Dronacharya award-winning wrestler. Mahavir Phogat’s life and the story of how he educated daughters Geeta and Babita impressed the 2016 Aamir Khan blockbuster “Dangal”. He now runs the Mahavir Phogat Sports activities Academy, the place Ritika was a scholar.
Geeta Phogat gained India’s first ever gold medal in wrestling on the 2010 Commonwealth Video games and have become the primary Indian girl wrestler to qualify for the Olympics in 2012. Her sister Babita gained silver on the 2010 Commonwealth Video games, a bronze on the 2012 World Wrestling Championships and a gold medal on the 2014 Commonwealth Video games.
