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4 Women Athletes Consumed “Othalanga” Against Ragging In SAI Hostel

May. 07 Crime, Education, Sports, Unrest Strikes Comments

Alapuzha[Kel]4 Women Athletes Committed Suicide Against Ragging In SAI Hostel
4 women athletes at a hostel run by the Sports Authority of India[ SAI] in Kerala committed suicide over alleged harassment +ragging by their trainers as well as seniors.
A 15-year-old sportsperson died early today and remaining 3 are hospitalized , after they ate a poisonous fruit in an apparent suicide pact following alleged harassment by seniors.
The girls are suspected to have consumed the fruit, locally called ‘Othalanga’, at around 3 PM yesterday inside the SAI women’s hostel.
They were rushed to a hospital around 7 PM after they fainted and later taken to Alapuzha Medical College, where one of them died, The girls were undergoing training at the Water Sports Centre of the SAI at nearby Punnamada.
Relatives of the athletes alleged that the girls were being physically and mentally tortured by some seniors.

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