Nisha Dahiya’s father grieves the loss of his daughter and son
The Hindu
Mother’s statement to the police says Nisha said she had been molested by accused Pawan
Awards for the first position in a relay race, second position in a 200 metre race, and third positions in both long and high jump, at a school-level competition, were placed neatly over the bed where her father lay, shattered and dazed, his 20-year-old daughter, Nisha Dahiya, an upcoming trainee wrestler, by her coach Pawan inside a wrestling academy.
While her 18-year-old brother Suraj was allegedly chased to death by Mr. Pawan and his associates, their mother Dhanpati, is fighting for her life at the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak, after sustaining gunshot injuries on her spine and arms. Nisha and Suraj were the youngest among four siblings.
At his modest two-room house in a narrow bylane at Sonipat’s Halalpur village, their father Dayanand Dahiya (50), his eyes downcast all the while, has trouble putting his feelings into words. “She was such a bright and focused child...Nisha had won several school and university-level wrestling awards. She also won second place at the All India Inter-University competition in Aurangabad in the 52 kg category. Had she been given proper guidance and training, she would have done the country proud and won an Olympic medal,” Mr. Dahiya told The Hindu.