'Arunima might have attempted suicide'

Or met with an accident say the police while claiming that a loot attempt was not corroborated during
investigation

In a new twist to the case of national level volleyball player Arunima Sinha, the Government Railway Police has said that she might have either attempted suicide or met with an accident but she was not attacked by robbers.


Twist in the tale? Arunima has dismissed the police version and said
she was being "mentally harassed". File pic

"The investigations point out that Arunima was disturbed and she either attempted suicide or met with an accident. We will unravel it in the next few days. The loot attempt as alleged by her was not corroborated in the investigation by any of the witnesses on or off the record," said A K Jain, ADG, Railways.

Arunima has however dismissed the police version and said that she was being "mentally harassed" by the police. "Some persons had tried to snatch my chain and one of them hit me on abdomen...and I fell", she said. When asked how she had landed 16 feet away from track, she said, "I was not so far. But I don't remember whether my foot came under Padmavati Express or some other train". She also stated that she was not going to appear in the ITBP exam.

Besides losing her leg, Arunima had also sustained injuries in her spine and pelvic area. The police had lodged an FIR under section 307 (attempt to murder) and 393 (attempt to loot) against unidentified persons in this connection.

Meanwhile, the doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences where she is undergoing treatment, will conduct another two rounds of surgery on her in next few days to reduce infection on her amputated leg before performing operation for other injuries she has suffered.

"Since she has responded well to the treatment for the infection in her amputated leg, we have decided to conduct another two sittings of vacuum assisted closure (VAC) wound therapy. Once the wound heals, we will analyse the right leg," said Dr M C Mishra, CMO, AIIMS Trauma centre. VAC therapy is a process in which a device, having low intensity suction pipes, is attached to a wound to drain out infected fluid.