Wrestler Ritika Phogat (17), a cousin of the Phogat sisters, allegedly committed suicide on Monday in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri district after she lost the final bout of a tournament, police said on Thursday.
Ritika had been staying with her uncle, Dronacharya awardee Mahavir Singh Phogat, in Charkhi Dadri’s Balali village for the past four years, and practising wrestling at the Mahavir Phogat Sports Academy.
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She hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her uncle’s house on Monday as she was upset over losing to her rival by one point in the final bout of a championship, he said.
The championship was held in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur from March 12 to 14.
