India’s 17-year-old international shooter Khush Sirat Kaur Sandhu committed suicide by shooting herself at her home in Faridkot, Punjab.
According to the information, Khushi Sirat Kaur Sandhu shot herself on the morning of 9 December. Sandhu, who has won several medals at the national level, is being blamed for her recent poor performance.SHO of Faridkot City Police, Harinder Singh said, “We got a call from the control room on Thursday morning that a girl has allegedly shot herself, whose house is in No. 4, Harinder Nagar, Faridkot. On going there. At the spot we found the body of 17-year-old Khush Sirat Kaur Sandhu.The girl shot herself with her own pistol.
Though the police have not recovered any suicide note in the incident so far, her family told the police that Seerat Kaur was not happy with her performance in the recently held National Championships in Delhi.
Let us inform that the investigation of the matter has been started by the Faridkot City Police and the body of Khush Sirat Kaur Sandhu has been handed over to her family.
It is worth mentioning that Khush Sirat Kaur Sandhu started her career as a swimmer but 4 years back she joined shooting and won many medals at national level. Her coach Sukhraj Kaur said that she was a very talented player and it is unfortunate to lose her like this. However, the most shocking thing in this case is that this is the second incident of suicide in the shooting corridor in the last 4 months. In September this year, another player Namanveer Singh Brar shot himself at his home in Mohali.