Kolkata News: Rohit Yadav, a member of the Under-16 squad of the Bengal cricket team for the 2019-20 season, committed suicide at his ancestral residence in Howrah district on Wednesday. Took. On Wednesday morning, his relatives saw his dead body on the bed of his room. He was immediately taken to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead.
After preliminary investigation, the local police believe that the young cricketer may have committed suicide by consuming poison. His body has been sent for postmortem, after which the exact cause of death will be known. His family members claimed that the lack of funds and huge debts to pursue his cricket career made him desperate, due to which he committed suicide.
Relatives gave this information
According to family members, Rohit had taken a loan from his acquaintances to buy sporting goods. Since his family did not have any steady source of income, he was unable to repay the loan and as a result the lenders started pressuring him. His family members claimed that in order to repay the loan, Rohit resorted to fresh loans from other sources, leading to a debt trap.
It is learned that he was looking restless for the last few days, but none of his close aides and friends could have imagined that he would take such a drastic step. Rohit was first included in the 35-member Under-16 team of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), and later he also made his place in the playing XI.