Udupi: Unfortunate loss of a blossoming sports woman

By Snehalatha, Udupi
Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 28 September 2011: A talented rural sports woman who was blossoming at national level lost her life in a most unfortunate way. Prathvi Amparu, a javelin thrower and the 2nd year P.U.C. student of S.M.S. College Brahmavara Udupi Taluk, has killed herself. In the Mysore zone Dasara sports meet held in Mandya she won Silver medal in javelin throw and Bronze medal in high jump and just returned back on Tuesday morning at 10.00 am.

 

 

Upon coming to her college hostel, she distributed sweets to her classmates and showed them the medals she had won in the sports competition and was happy. Even she sang songs and danced with her classmates. At 12.00 noon she called her home and informed her parents about her winning the medals in the tournament.

 

At that time her roommate had gone to wash cloths, while she came back at 12.20 pm the room door was closed. Later other girls also came and when they pushed the door, they saw that Prathvi has hanged herself to the fan with the wale of churidar. Immediately she was taken down and admitted to the hospital. There the doctors confirmed that she is dead.

 

The reason for her suicide is not known. Udupi SP Dr. Ravikumar said that she must have killed herself due to depression, but the reason for her depression is yet to be known.

 

Prathvi is the daughter of Shekara Poojary a poor labourer from Amparu, Kundapura Taluk. While she was in the High School itself, without any sports gear or training she had won medals in state level sports competitions. With this achievement, in coordination of Brahmavara Sports Club she was provided free education, hostel and scholarship in S.M.S. College. She won silver medal in the javelin throw last year in the national level sports competitions held in Bhopal.

 

There are rumors that she had fallen in a love affair with a youth and with despair she has committed suicide. There are also rumors that for this reason the police have taken her mobile and also have arrested a youth and are conducting the investigation. But the police are declining these rumors.