Young shooter found dead at Howrah hostel
The Hindu
Police say that in a note Konica Layak has blamed ‘depression’ for taking extreme step
A young national level shooter Konica Layak was found hanging in her hostel at Bally in Howrah district on Wednesday, the police said. According to Howrah police sources, a suicide note was found on her in which she blamed “depression” for taking the extreme step.
“She was depressed for not getting chances, she wrote in the note,” said a police official, adding that the 26-year-old was due to get married in February. 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 police have started investigations into the death of the shooter who was from Dhanbad in Jharkhand.(
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