Poore desh ka dil tuta hai : Sonu Sood mourns the death of Indian rifle shooter Konica Layak

Actor Sonu Sood took to his social media to mourn the death of young Indian rifle shooter Konica Layak.

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Bollywood actor Sonu Sood on Thursday took to his Twitter to mourn the loss of a young national-level shooter, Konica Layak, whom he had gifted a rifle. He gave her a German-manufactured rifle after he was briefed about her struggles.

Sonu took to his handle and wrote in Hindi, "Aaj sirf mera nahi, sirf dhanbad ka nahi, poore desh ka dil toota hai."

He also shared a news article headlining the shooters demise and wrote,

"Iss dukhat khabar se dil puri tarah toot gaya. Mujhe yaad hai jab Konica ko rifle gift ki thi, usne mujhe olymics ka medal lane ka vada kiya tha. Aj vo sab khatam hogaya. Eshwar uske parivar ko shakti de".

Konica who was supposed to get married in February this year committed suicide at her hostel in Bally in West Bengal's Howrah district on Wednesday night, the police said on Thursday, adding the body has been sent for post-mortem.

Sonu had gifted her the rifle so she could take part in the Nationals and other competitions. 

In January this year, Konica had tweeted pictures of her receiving the medals. She had written, 

"11th Jharkhand State Rifle Shooting Championship-2020 me one gold and one silver jeeta hai maine magar Jharkhand government se koi help nahi mila hai abhi tak pls help for one rifle" and also tagged Sonu in it. Replying to her, Sonu had said, "Main aapko rifle dunga. Aap desh ko medal de dena. Aapki rifle aaptak pahuch jayegi."

Later, she shared pictures of herself with the new rifle and replied,

"Sir meri banduk aa gayi. Parivaar mein khushi ki lehar phael gayi hai. Gaon aapko aashirwaad deraha hai. Jug jug jeeyo sir."

Police, investigating the case, recovered a suicide note where she wrote that she was going through 'depression' and that forced her to kill herself. Police, however, were verifying the suicide note even.

https://twitter.com/SonuSood/status/1471399614121078785?s=20https://twitter.com/SonuSood/status/1471393738215739393?s=20

The shooter originally hails from a village at Dhanbad in Jharkhand who had won a few medals at the state level, was training along with Olympian and Arjuna Awardee Joydeep Karmakar in Kolkata. 

Layak had also won a gold and silver at the Jharkhand State Rifle Championship.

This is the fourth case of death by suicide in recent months, in the shooting fraternity, raising serious questions.

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Rest in peace Konica Layak

2 years ago

Rest in peace 😭 We can’t be losing talents like this. There needs to be better mental health infrastructure in India.

The way political agendas reach remote villages, similarly ways to cope with depression and other mental issues should also be talked about openly.

By destigmatising mental illnesses, we can save so many precious lives.

2 years ago

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