Geeta, Babita Phogat's cousin sister Ritika Phogat commits suicide

Ritika Phogat, cousin of wrestlers Geeta and Babita Phogat allegedly committed suicide in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur.

This comes after she lost a wrestling tournament final. Ritika Phogat was playing in the state-level sub-junior, junior women and men wrestling tournament.

Though, she had lost the final by one point on March 14. When unable to bear the loss, she killed herself.

Haryana | Ritika, wrestler and cousin of Babita Phogat, died allegedly by suicide on March 17. The reason behind it might have been her defeat at a recent wrestling tournament in Rajasthan. Investigation underway: Ram Singh Bishnoi, DSP, Charkhi Dadri pic.twitter.com/bLDZbsS3gT
— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2021

Besides, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways General (Retd.) VK Singh also confirmed the sad news of Ritika Phogat’s death on social media.

Moreover, Geeta Phogat also shared a picture of her deceased sister on Twitter with a condolence message.

भगवान मेरी छोटी बहन मेरे मामा की लड़की रितिका की आत्मा को शांति दे। मेरे परिवार के लिए बहुत ही दुख की घड़ी है। रितिका बहुत ही होनहार पहलवान थी पता नहीं क्यों उसने ऐसा कदम उठाया। हार-जीत खिलाड़ी के जीवन का हिस्सा होता है हमें ऐसा कोई क़दम नहीं उठाना चाहिये 🙏😢 pic.twitter.com/RQFhM1jVpi
— geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) March 18, 2021

The 17-year-old wrestler got training under Mahavir Singh Phogat. Geeta and Babita are famous wrestlers on whom the 2016 movie Dangal was made.

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