Summary:
Pithoragarh: National-level boxer Gitika Rathore, who has represented Uttarakhand on several occasions, allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at her village in Thal area here. She was 18.Family members said that Gitika was suffering from depression since she broke her knee during a match in Dehradun last year. Her mother is a house wife, and younger brother is in school.Gitika started boxing when she was in Class IX. On Wednesday, she consumed poison and collapsed.Gitika’s mother Rekha Devi rushed her to Primary Health Centre (PHC), Gaucher. Gitika was at her ancestral home in Mungroli village for the last few days..