Thiruvananthapuram: Four girls at Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel attempted suicide after allegedly being harassed by a trainer in Kerala, a report said on Thursday. One of the students has died and the other three are in critical condition.
All four reportedly consumed a poisonous fruit after being reprimanded by the trainer. It was on Wednesday night that the girls were found poisoned in the SAI hostel. They were rushed to the General Hospital and then to Medical College Hospital.
According to reports, students took the extreme step as they couldn’t bear the humiliation by the trainer after they were reportedly found in an inebriated state. One of them had won a gold medal in kayak event during the National Games, which took place this year. The Kerala Police has filed a case and a probe is underway.
However, the hostel warden denied the charges and said they came to know about the condition of the girls only when they fainted. “None in the hostel tortured them”, she said.
Angry relatives of the girl who died said that unless an inquiry is ordered immediately and the guilty brought to book, they would block the national highway and not perform the last rites of their ward.
Bureau Report
Leave a Reply