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18-Yr-Old Indian Athlete Commits Suicide On Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Premises

IANS, 14 Nov, 2018 01:38 PM
    Palinder Chaudhary, an 18-year-old athlete who represented India at international level, hanged himself from a ceiling fan at the capital's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, prompting the Sports Authority of India to order a "departmental inquiry".
     
     
    Chaudhary was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room at the athletics academy of JLN stadium on Tuesday evening.
     
     
    "We have ordered a departmental inquiry as the incident happened in our premises. The inquiry will be headed by Secretary SAI Swarn Singh Chabra and it should be completed within a week," SAI Director General Neelam Kapur told.
     
     
    The athlete, who was from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, was brain dead by the time he was rushed to the Safdarjung Hospital, and could not be revived.
     
     
    A senior police officer said no suicide note has been recovered and they probing the reason for such an extreme step.
     
     
    "Chaudhary's father has arrived and inquest proceedings have been initiated," the officer said.
     
     
    Apparently, he took the extreme step after an argument with his father over monetary issues, the top SAI official said.
     
     
    His fellow trainees and staff at the stadium were shocked as the athlete showed no signs of depression while training through the day.
     
     
    Kapur said: "Preliminary it seems a family matter related to monetary issues. What we came to know is that the boy had an argument with his father in the morning on phone after which his sister came to meet him in evening. He took the step in front of his sister after threatening her. She came out screaming and our staff immediately went there and brought him down".  
     
     
    Parvinder, who was residing in room No.69 of JLN Stadium hostel since November 2016 and was training for 100 and 200 metre races, came back to his room at 5.30 in the evening and committed suicide half an hour later.
     
     
    "It is a very sad and tragic incident. We are extending all possible help to the family and have arranged for the transportation of his body to Aligarh.
     
     
    "Our officers will also accompany his body to ensure smooth conduct of his last rites." Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who is in Rajasthan, has been informed and he has expressed his grief on the incident.
     
     
    In 2017, he was selected for the Asian Youth Championship in Bangkok and won gold medal in relay. He also participated at the World Youth Championship last July.
     
     
    "He was alive when he was taken to Safdarjung but was brain dead and doctors couldn't revive him. After initial treatment, he was taken to hospital half an hour later. He was in emergency," another SAI official said.
     
     
    He added: "His roommate and all the trainees and staff at JLN stadium were completely surprised by his act as the entire day he trained and showed no signs of depression”.      
     
     
    "Nobody knows the reason why he took such a step. All top SAI officials are in Safdarjung just to ensure the postmortem is done at the earliest and body is handed over to his family at the earliest. It is now a police case and they will investigate into it."

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