Budding Haryana Wrestler Nisha Dahiya, Her Brother Shot Dead By Unidentified Assailants

According to media reports, an unidentified assailant opened fire on Nisha Dahiya and her brother at Sushil Kumar Academy located in Halalpur, Sonepat.

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New Delhi: A budding wrestler Nisha Dahiya and her brother were shot dead on Wednesday by an unidentified assailant at Sushil Kumar Academy in Haryana's Sonepat. During the incident, Nisha Dahiya's mother was also injured and her condition remains critical. She has been admitted to PGI Hospital in Rohtak. Police reached the spot and have sent bodies of Nisha Dahiya and her brother Suraj for postmortem to Sonipat's civil hospital.

According to media reports, an unidentified assailant opened fire on local wrestler Nisha Dahiya and her brother at Sushil Kumar Academy located in Halalpur, Sonepat. Both siblings died on spot, while the condition of the mother remains critical. Police are investigating the incident and the reason behind the shooting is yet to be ascertained.

Unfortunately, the reports of death was soon mistaken as death of Under-23 world championship bronze-medallist Nisha Dahiya, who is currently in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh to compete in National Championships.

"Hello, my name is Nisha. I have come to play senior nationals in Gonda, and I am totally fine. And it (news of death) is fake news. I am totally fine," she said in a video.

#WATCH | "I am in Gonda to play senior nationals. I am alright. It's a fake news (reports of her death). I am fine," says wrestler Nisha Dahiya in a video issued by Wrestling Federation of India.

(Source: Wrestling Federation of India) pic.twitter.com/fF3d9hFqxG

— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2021

"Wrestler shot dead in Sonepat is newcomer Nisha Dahiya, not U-23 world championship bronze-medalist," Coach who travelled with Indian team told news agency PTI

SP Sonipat Rahul Sharma said, "This Nisha Dahiya (shot dead) & medalist wrestler Nisha Dahiya are 2 different people. The medalist wrestler belongs to Panipat & is at an event now"

Haryana: A wrestler & her brother shot dead in Sonipat, their mother hospitalised after being shot

SP Sonipat Rahul Sharma says, "This Nisha Dahiya (shot dead) & medalist wrestler Nisha Dahiya are 2 different people. The medalist wrestler belongs to Panipat & is at an event now" pic.twitter.com/2lP1Qzt9a8

— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2021

For further clarifications, even wrestler Sakshi Malik tweeted a picture with National level wrestler Sakshi Dahiya to reiterate that she is safe and alive.

She is alive 🙏🏻 #nishadhaiya #fakenwes pic.twitter.com/6ohMK1bWxG

— Sakshi Malik (@SakshiMalik) November 10, 2021