Odisha Cricketer Rajashree Swain found dead in the outskirts of Cuttack city, family alleges murder

The
body
was
found
hanging
from
a
tree
in
Gurudijhatia
forest
in
the
Athagarh
area,
Cuttack
Deputy
Commissioner
of
Police
Pinak
Mishra
said.
Her
coach
had
filed
a
missing
complaint
with
Mangalabag
police
station
in
Cuttack
on
Thursday.

Rajashree
was
murdered
claims
family

A
case
of
unnatural
death
will
be
registered
with
the
Gurudijhatia
police
station,
he
said.
Police
were
yet
to
ascertain
the
cause
of
her
death.
Her
family,
however,
alleged
that
she
was
murdered
“as
the
body
bore
injury
marks
and
her
eyes
were
damaged”.

Her
scooter
was
found
abandoned
near
the
forest
and
her
mobile
phone
was
switched
off.
Police
said
the
matter
will
be
probed
from
all
angles.
Her
family
members
said
around
25
women
cricketers,
including
Swain,
were
part
of
a
training
camp
organised
by
the
Odisha
Cricket
Association
(OCA)
in
the
Bajrakabati
area
for
an
upcoming
national-level
cricket
tournament
scheduled
to
be
held
in
Puducherry.

All
of
them
were
staying
in
a
hotel
in
the
locality.
The
Odisha
state
women’s
cricket
team
was
announced
on
January
10,
but
Swain
couldn’t
make
it
to
the
final
list.

The
next
day,
the
players
went
to
a
cricket
field
in
Tangi
area
for
practice
but
Rajashree
informed
her
coach
that
she
was
going
to
Puri
to
meet
her
father,
police
said.