Konica Layak, Jharkhand’s 10-metre air rifle state champion of 2020 was found hanging today
Konica Layak, Jharkhand’s 10-metre air rifle state champion of 2020, was found hanging inside the women’s hostel at Bally in Howrah district of the state of West Bengal on Wednesday as per local police report
28-year old Konica who became famous after actor-turned philanthropist Sonu Sood gave her a new rifle for training earlier this year left a suicide note in which she wrote about failing to fulfill her parents’ dreams, an officer from the Bally police station said on condition of anonymity.
Layak suffered a setback in October when she was disqualified for the national championship at the G V Mavalankar pre-national event on charges of tampering the target, as pre her coach,former Olympian and Arjuna awardee Joydeep Karmakar of Bengal
