Asian Para Games gold medalist Neeraj Yadav, an Indian para-athlete who competed in the F55 category, has reportedly died at his residence in an alleged suicide case.
Asian Para Games gold medalist Neeraj Yadav has allegedly died at his residence at age 42, with a postmortem examination taking place at a hospital in Delhi on Wednesday. The para athlete, who competed in the F55 category, allegedly committed suicide after consuming poison.
Neeraj’s death was confirmed by S Satyanarayana, head coach of the Indian para-athletics team. He also said that the para athlete’s body was still at the hospital.
“Neeraj has died by suicide. It is very unfortunate that such a thing has happened,” Satyanarayana said, as per PTI.