Promising athlete found dead at Bhopal home

Bhopal

Mystery shrouds the untimely death of a 22-year-old shot put athlete who was found dead inside his rented home in the Saraswati Nagar area of the state capital, officials said.

A native of Singrauli, the deceased, Amit Verma, was undergoing training at the TT Nagar stadium. He shared the house with two fellow athletes who were not at home at the time of the incident.

Verma was found lying on the floor when his friends broke open the door after their repeated knocks failed to elicit a response.

Police said that preliminary investigations suggest that Verma died of a heart attack. Details of the circumstances leading to his untimely demise will only be known after a thorough examination. TT Nagar police have registered a case.