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Condition of three SAI athletes stable
Alappuzha, (Kerala) May 9
The condition of the three Sports Authority of India (SAI) athletes who
attempted suicide is improving, a doctor at the Medical College
hospital here said.
Four young athletes on Wednesday had consumed
a poisonous fruit on being reprimanded for consuming beer and one of
them, Aparna, passed away early Thursday.
Speaking to IANS, the
doctor who did not wish to be identified said that the condition of all
the three girls is fairly stable now.
"They are now in the
medical intensive care unit where they will be for two more days...the
poisonous fruit they consumed is known to cause cardiac problems. But
now since all the three have been weaned away from the pacemaker, things
are under control," said the medical professional.
Top SAI
official G.Kishore told IANS that the situation at the SAI Water Sports
Centre in Vembanad, near here where this incident took place is slowly
limping back to normal and refuted media reports that the SAI centre has
been closed for a week.
"The news reports that the centre is
closed for a week is baseless. The inmates had a tough time over the
incident and our director general Injeti Srinivas had spoken to the
athletes, coaches and the wardens. He has returned to Delhi and he will
submit a detailed report to the Centre on the incident," said Kishore.
The
police team led by IG of Police M.R. Ajithkumar is probing the
allegations levelled by the relatives of the four athletes, that they
were mentally and physically harassed by the seniors.
The senior students have denied these allegations.
SAI has given Rs.five lakhs to the family of Aparna and a job to her mother at the centre.