Cuttack: Odisha cricketer Rajashree Swain died due to asphyxiation, revealed the post-mortem report.
The report further stated that the body bore injury marks on the head.
Notably, Rajashree’s body was found hanging from a tree in Gurudijhatia forest in Athagarh area, Cuttack Deputy Commissioner of Police Pinak Mishra informed.
Her coach had filed a missing complaint with Mangalabag police station in Cuttack January 12.
A case of unnatural death was registered with Gurudijhatia police station. Her family alleged that she was murdered “as the body bore injury marks and her eyes were damaged”.
Her scooter was found abandoned near the forest and her mobile phone was switched off.
Police said the matter will be probed from all angles.
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Her family members said around 25 women cricketers, including Swain, were part of a training camp organised by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) in Bajrakabati area for an upcoming national-level cricket tournament scheduled to be held in Puducherry. All of them were staying in a hotel in the locality.
The Odisha state women’s cricket team was announced January 10, but Swain couldn’t make it to the final list.
The next day, the players went to a cricket field in Tangi area for practice but Rajashree informed her coach that she was going to Puri to meet her father, police said.
PNN/Agencies