Shooter's Mysterious Death: Young national shooter found hanging

Shooter’s Mysterious Death – National Level Shooter Dead: In a extremely shocking incident, young national level shooter Konica Layak was found hanging at her hostel in Bally in Howrah district. The shooter was training along with Olympian and Arjuna Awardee Joydeep Karmakar in Kolkata. This is the fourth such case in recent times in the shooting fraternity. Follow Live updates in Indian Sports on InsideSport.IN

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Shooter’s Mysterious Death: Young national level shooter from Olympian Joydeep Karmakar’s academy found hanging, 4 such incident in recent months: Follow LIVE

According to Howrah Police sources, a suicide note was found with her where she blamed “depression” as the reason for taking the extreme step. The incident happened on Wednesday.

“She was depressed for not getting chances, she wrote in the note,” said a police official, adding that the 26-year-old girl was due to get married in February.

This is the fourth such case in recent times in the shooting fraternity.

Shooter found dead: Young national level shooter found hanging, fourth such incident in recent months, shooting fraternity shocked

Shooter’s Mysterious Death: The shooter, who had won a few medals at the state level, was training along with Olympian and Arjuna Awardee Joydeep Karmakar in Kolkata. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) is aware of the shocking incident.

“I’ve always felt that it’s very important to have a psychologist, that’s why they exist! But a lot of our coaches feel that they are equipped with technical, biomechanics, nutrition and psychology knowledge. I feel they need a psychologist more than anyone,” tweeted former Double Trap Shooter Ronjan Sodhi after learning about the incident.

Police have started investigations into the death of the shooter who was from Dhanbad in Jharkhand.

Layak had also won a gold and silver at the Jharkhand State Rifle Championship. Earlier this year, Layak was gifted a German-manufactured rifle by actor Sonu Sood after he was briefed about her struggles.

She was training at Karmakar’s academy for a nominal fee. Her family members are learned to have reached Kolkata.

Sood had gifted her the rifle so she could take part in the Nationals and other competitions.

Shooter’s Mysterious Death: Young national level shooter from Olympian Joydeep Karmakar’s academy found hanging, 4 such incident in recent months: Follow LIVE

Shooter found dead: Young national level shooter found hanging, fourth such incident in recent months, shooting fraternity shocked

“Sonu Sood sir, my rifle is here. There is a wave of happiness in my family and the entire village is blessing you. May you live long,” an elated Layak had tweeted after receiving the gun amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the fourth case of death by suicide in recent months, in the shooting fraternity, raising serious questions.

Recently, young pistol shooter Khushpreet Kaur Sandhu, who had made her junior India debut at the last World Championship in Lima, committed suicide after registering low scores at the Nationals.

Before that, two more shooters — Hunardeep Singh Sohal and Namanveer Singh Brar — also took the extreme step.

Shooter found dead: Young national level shooter found hanging, fourth such incident in recent months, shooting fraternity shocked

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