Saira Sirohi, a 16-year-old national-level swimmer and a Class XI student of Ghaziabad’s Delhi Public School, allegedly committed suicide in RK Puram residential colony on Sunday midnight, said police, adding that no suicide note has been found in the house yet.
“We have sent the body for a post-mortem examination. We did not find a suicide note in the house during the initial search,” said Ashok Shishodia, SHO of the Kavi Nagar police station. Mystery shrouds over her death as Sirohi’s parents were still in a state of shock and were not in a position to talk with police.
Sirohi had shot into the limelight in September 2008, when she swam non-stop for nearly 38 km at the age of eight.
Sirohi had three elder sisters, two of whom are married. She was preparing to take part in the next national level competition, the police inspector said. Police said Saira Sirohi’s sister — woken up for a glass of water around 1.30 am —found her body hanging by a shawl from a ventilator located above a door in her room.