Lagatar 24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 14: 26-year-old Odisha cricket player Rajashree Swain was found dead on Friday hanging from a tree, in a deep forest in the Cuttack district, according to the police. She was missing since January 11.
The reason behind the death will be clear once the post-mortem report arrives.
The Puri district cricketer came to this training camp to prepare for an upcoming national competition in Puducherry, which is being hosted by the Odisha Cricket Association.
Swain, however, was unable to get a spot on the 16-person team that was chosen for the competition.
“A case of unnatural death has been registered in the matter. We found her body hanging from a tree in the Gurudijhatia forest in the Athagarh area. We will probe the death from all angles,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Pinak Mishra said.
Coach Pushpanjali Banerjee reported Swain missing to the Mangalabag police station in Cuttack after she was unable to reach him on the phone.
Right-arm fast bowler and middle-order hitter Swain’s family claimed that she was murdered because ‘the body had injury marks and her eyes were injured.’
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Additionally, they asserted that Swain was not selected for the squad despite performing better than many others who were chosen. CEO of the association Subrat Behera expressed astonishment over the cricketer’s passing and claimed the selection process was quite transparent.
