In
an
extremely
tragic
incident,
National
level
shooter
Konika
Layak
was
found
hanging
at
her
hostel
in
Bally
in
the
Howrah
district
of
West
Bengal
on
Wednesday
(December
15)
morning.
The
Indian
shooter
was
28
years
of
age
at
the
time
of
her
demise.
Konika
was
gifted
a
rifle
by
actor
and
philanthropist
Sonu
Sood
for
her
training
sessions
earlier
this
year.
According
to
a
news
report
in
Spotboye,
Konika
Layak
was
found
hanging
in
her
room
and
the
police
officials
also
found
a
suicide
note.
Reportedly
Layak
mentioned
in
the
note
that
she
could
not
fulfil
her
parents'
dreams
and
labelled
herself
as
a
failure.
Sonu
Sood
mourned
her
loss
while
sharing
an
article
that
spoke
about
her
tragic
death
on
his
social
media
handle.
The
Happy
New
Year
actor
stated,
"Heartbroken
by
this
sad
news.
I
remember
when
Konika
was
presented
with
a
rifle,
she
promised
to
bring
me
an
Olympic
medal.
Today
it
is
all
over.
May
God
give
strength
to
his
family." Take
a
look
at
his
tweet.
इस
दुखद
ख़बर
से
दिल
पूरी
तरह
टूट
गया,
मुझे
याद
है
जब
कोनिका
को
राइफल
भेंट
की
थी
तो
उसने
मुझे
ओलंपिक्स
का
मेडल
लाने
का
वादा
किया
था।
आज
वो
सब
खत्म
हो
गया।
ईश्वर
उसके
परिवार
को
शक्ति
दे।
💔
https://t.co/0MSWTtlvu6
According
to
reports,
Konika
Layak
was
living
in
West
Bengal
and
was
undergoing
training
under
Olympian
Joydeep
Karmakar's
institute.
Karmakar
revealed
to
Hindustan
Times
that
Layak
was
disqualified
in
October
this
year
for
the
National
Championship
at
the
GV
Mavalankar
pre-national
event
for
allegedly
tampering
with
her
target.
The
former
Olympian
and
Arjuna
Award
recipient
further
revealed
that
he
had
discovered
Konika
after
he
had
read
in
the
newspaper
that
she
was
gifted
a
rifle
by
actor
Sonu
Sood.
He
further
revealed
that
he
had
called
the
shooter
to
train
under
him
after
the
same.
About
her
unfortunate
demise,
Joydeep
Karmakar
said,
"I
cannot
believe
that
she
can
die
by
suicide.
Layak
always
wore
a
charming
smile.
She
was
neither
an
extrovert
nor
an
introvert.
There
are
around
300
students
in
my
institute.
It
is
difficult
to
say
what
is
going
on
inside
their
minds
but
Layak
never
appeared
to
be
a
person
suffering
from
depression.
The
setback
at
Mavalankar
was
definitely
a
humiliation
but
that
happened
two
months
ago."
Sonu
Sood
later
also
shared
another
news
article
that
stated
that
Konika
Layak
was
all
set
to
get
married
in
February
the
next
year.
His
translated
tweet
read
as,
"Today
not
only
my
heart
is
broken,
not
only
Dhanbad's
heart
is
broken
but
the
entire
nation's
heart
is
broken."
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