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Gold medalist weightlifter Chaudhary found dead
Kathmandu, May 10 (RSS): Weightlifter and gold medalist of the 13th South Asian Games, Sanju Chaudhary,
has been found dead today.
Superintendent of Police at the
District Police Range, Lalitpur, Siddhi Bikram Shah, said that Chaudhary was
found hanging inside her room.
He shared that her room was locked
from the inside, saying as per the preliminary investigation, she might have committed
suicide. Shah said that further investigation would reveal the truth behind the
incident.
Chaudhary's body has been taken to
Patan Hospital for postmortem examination. Weightlifter Chaudhary had been
living in a rented room at the house of weightlifting coach Sanjay Maharjan at
Lubhu, Lalitpur.
The 23-year-old Chaudhary, who was
selected in the preliminary phase for the 19th Asian Games, had come to
Kathmandu for closed training. Hailing from Banke, she had won the gold medal
in the 59 kg women's category in the 13th South Asian Games held in Nepal in
2019.
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