• Source:JND

Jagran correspondent, Ghaziabad: A disturbing incident has emerged in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, where a female Kabaddi player was allegedly killed by a fast-food vendor after she failed to repay a loan. The deceased player has been identified as Anushka Pal and was missing for the last month. The accused was arrested by the police on Sunday.

The police arrested the accused from Chandigarh, and Anushka's decomposed body was recovered from the drain on Sunday. The relatives are not completely confirming the identity; hence, the police will conduct a DNA test.

Pal (17) was a national-level Kabaddi player who was originally from Chiraudi village in Daural. While going for practice, Pal struggled to travel from her ville to her school and academy. She then started staying in a rented house in the Shobhapur bypass.

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On March 8, Pal told her family that she was going to participate in a Kab

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addi competition in Ghaziabad. The 17-year-old then played the match and won a sum Rs 60,000 as a prize money. The deceased family said that Pal gave the money to help one of her friends. On April 16, the minor mobile phone was switched off. The family registered a missing person's report at the Kankarkheda police station on April 28th.

Victim  Was Forced To Drink Beer

Pal used to eat fast food in a stall near her house. Over time, the loan increased. On April 15, Shyam Dhanak demanded a sum of Rs 3,600 from the Kabaddi player.

The dispute escalated; Pal threatened to complain to the police; he gave her fast food. At 10 pm, he called her over, forced her to consume beer, hit her on the head with a brick, and pushed her into a drain, www.jagran.com reported . That very night, he closed his cart and left for Chandigarh

SSP Avinash Pandey said that CCTV footage and CDRs linked Pal's last location to Shyam Dhanak, a resident of Dehradun who was living in Chandigarh. Police arrested Shyam Dhanak in Chandigarh on Sunday.

Another Athelete Killed

A 25-year-old national-level para-athlete was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad by his fellow competitor and friend, just a few days after qualifying for the Para Asian Games—scheduled to be held in Japan this October. Investigation has revealed that the Paralympic Committee of India disqualified Yash due to document discrepancies.

Yash suspected that Chirag had deliberately made errors in his documents, forcing him to be disqualified from the competition. Subsequently, on December 2nd, the Paralympic Committee of India sent Yash an email regarding his disqualification. Angry Yash then planned Chirag's killing. 

 


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