Indian jujutsu athlete Rohini Kalam, 35, who represented India at Asian Games in 2022, was found dead at her home in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
Rohini’s body was discovered inside her room on Sunday morning. Her younger sister, Roshni, told police that Rohini worked as a martial arts coach at a private school in Ashta.
“She came to Dewas on Saturday to visit the family. On Sunday morning, she had breakfast as usual, then went to her room while talking on the phone and locked the door. Later, we found her hanging inside the room,” Roshni said. “We rushed her to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her dead.”
Family members said Rohini had been under stress with her job and repeated rejections of marriage proposals. They also claimed that before her death, she got disturbed during a phone conversation and may have been harassed by the school principal.
Police said that initial investigations suggest suicide. At the time of the incident, only Rohini and her sister were present at home.
Rohini Kalam had won a bronze medal for India at the 8th Asian Jujutsu Championship held in Abu Dhabi.