Saira Sirohi, a 16-year-old national level swimmer, committed suicide here in Ghaziabad, police said. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday midnight in RK Puram residential colony.
The victim, a Class XI student of the Delhi Public School in Ghaziabad, had shot into the limelight in September 2008, when she swam non-stop for nearly 38 km at the age of eight. The daughter of a retired police officer, she was preparing to take part in the next national level competition, police inspector Ashok Shishodia said. “All of us are shocked because she (Sirohi) had very strong willpower. She never got bogged down. She has won nearly 200 medals at various events since childhood. When she spoke to me on Sunday evening, she sounded normal enough. She said she will be concentrating on her studies for her upcoming examinations,” said her coach Raju Chaudhary.