Olympian Manu Bhaker’s grandmother and maternal uncle died in a highway accident.© AFP
Paris Olympic medallist shooter Manu Bhaker’s maternal grandmother and maternal uncle died in a highway accident in Bhiwani, Haryana on Sunday, police mentioned. The accident occurred on Mahendragarh bypass highway in Charkhi Dadri space when a automotive hit their scooty, officers mentioned. The two died on the spot and the automotive driver fled from the spot after the accident, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Suresh Kumar mentioned. He mentioned that the victims have been recognized as Manu Bhaker’s grandmother Savitri Devi (70) and maternal uncle Yudhveer (50), who labored as a driver in Haryana roadways.
Kumar mentioned the our bodies have been despatched for autopsy and efforts are underway to nab the automotive driver.
This dangerous information comes days after Manu Bhaker was conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
At the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, as she basked within the glory of successful the honour, the 22-year-old ace shooter confirmed that the highest layer of her medals had certainly peeled off, which appeared to have left her fairly upset.
Manu final yr had scripted historical past on the Paris Olympics. She turned the first-ever athlete in unbiased India to dangerous two medals in a single version of the quadrennial occasion.
The ace shooter opened India’s medal tally within the Olympics after she secured third place within the girls’s particular person 10m air pistol occasion, changing into the first-ever lady shooter to win an Olympic medal for India. Following that, Sarabjot Singh and Bhaker gained the bronze medal within the 10m air pistol (blended group) occasion, which was India’s first-ever taking pictures group medal.
In her remaining occasion, she narrowly missed out on the historic grand treble and completed fourth within the girls’s 25m pistol taking pictures occasion. She missed out on the chance to turn out to be the primary Indian to win three medals on the Olympics.
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