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Haryana Basketball Player Death: Minister of State for Sports Gaurav Gautam took action on the death of Team India player Hardik in the basketball nursery of Rohtak, Haryana, the District Sports Officer has been suspended and the nursery has been suspended. CCTV footage of this incident has also surfaced. The saddest thing is that Hardik had already been selected in Team India also.
Chandigarh. Minister of State for Sports Gaurav Gautam has taken cognizance of the death of Team India player Hardik in the basketball court of Sports Nursery in Rohtak, Haryana. He suspended the District Sports Officer in this matter. At the same time, the basketball nursery where this accident took place has also been suspended.
According to the information, a high level meeting has been called by the Minister of State for Sports on November 28 at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula. In this meeting, all the district officers including senior officers were also called in the meeting.
what is the whole matter
Actually, the Youth Sports Club has built a basketball ground in Lakhan Majra village of Rohtak and players practice here. CCTV cameras are also installed in the grounds. Hardik was practicing on this very ground. While he was warming up, he jumped from the pole to score a basketball goal. Everything was fine the first time. But when he hung for the second time, the pole uprooted and fell on him. Hardik could not get up after a pole fell on his chest and he died. By the time his companions ran to him, he died. This entire incident was captured in CCTV. It is noteworthy that Hardik had also been selected in Team India and had recently returned from the camp.
Congress surrounded the government
In this entire matter, Congress leaders targeted the Naib Saini government. Surjewala and Kumari Selja termed it a murder. Whereas, CM Nayab Singh Saini also reacted on this matter, but said that he got the information only from the media. It is noteworthy that a basketball player died in a similar accident in Bahadurgarh of Jhajjar district.
