Olympian Manu Bhaker’s grandmother and maternal uncle died in a road accident.©AFP
The maternal grandmother and maternal uncle of Paris Olympic medalist shooter Manu Bhaker died in a road accident in Haryana’s Bhiwani on Sunday, police said. The accident took place on the Mahendragarh bypass road in Charkhi Dadri area when a car hit their scooter, officials said. Both died on the spot and the driver of the car fled after the accident, said assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Suresh Kumar. He said the victims have been identified as Manu Bhaker’s grandmother Savitri Devi (70) and his maternal uncle Yudhveer (50), who worked as a driver on the roads of Haryana.
Kumar said the bodies had been sent for post-mortem and efforts were on to arrest the driver of the car.
This bad news comes days after Manu Bhaker received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award.
At the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, while basking in the glory of winning the honour, the 22-year-old shooting ace confirmed that the top layer of her medals had indeed peeled off, which appeared to be the case. to have been quite upset.
Last year, Manu made history at the Paris Olympics. She became the first ever athlete from independent India to win two medals in one edition of the quadrennial event.
The shooting ace opened India’s medal tally at the Olympics after securing third place in the women’s 10m air pistol individual event, becoming the first shooter to win an Olympic medal for India. Following this, Sarabjot Singh and Bhaker won the bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol (Mixed Team) event, which was India’s first ever shooting team medal.
In her final event, she narrowly missed out on the historic treble and finished fourth in the women’s 25m pistol event. She missed the chance to become the first Indian to win three medals at the Olympics.
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