11-15-2004, 09:31 PM
India's top woman Rower Sobhini found dead
Agencies/ Thiruvananthapuram
India's top woman rower and national champion since 1997 Sobhini was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her residence at Kuttanad in Alappuzha district, police said.
The player had allegedly consumed poison, police said.
Belonging to a farmers' family of poor means, the 21-year-old rower was believed to have been facing financial burden caused by the treatment of a back-bone ailment.
Agencies/ Thiruvananthapuram
India's top woman rower and national champion since 1997 Sobhini was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her residence at Kuttanad in Alappuzha district, police said.
The player had allegedly consumed poison, police said.
Belonging to a farmers' family of poor means, the 21-year-old rower was believed to have been facing financial burden caused by the treatment of a back-bone ailment.