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A medical board has been constituted to investigate the suicide attempt by four young athletes in Kerala, one of whom has lost her life, Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Friday.
"We have constituted a medical board (for the inquiry into the incident) and our priority is to save the lives of those athletes (girls)," Sonowal said on the sidelines of a conference in New Delhi on Friday.
- One dead as four SAI women athletes attempt suicide
- SAI to give surviving athletes best possible medical treatment
- Deceased SAI athlete had told her mother about harassment by seniors
In a tragic turn of events, a young rower, Aparna died and three of her colleagues were battling for their live after they ate a poisonous fruit under an apparent suicide pact.
They were alleged harassed by seniors at the Sports Authority of India centre in Kerala.
All the four were undergoing training at the Water Sports Centre of SAI in Alapuzha.
A stunned Sports Ministry swung into action by ordering an inquiry and directing SAI Director General Injeti Srinivas to rush to Kerala for an on the spot assessment.
Image: Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
Photograph: PTI