New Delhi: Biranchi Das, the coach who trained child prodigy and marathon runner Budhia Singh, was shot dead in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on Sunday evening.
Das, a judo coach, was shot twice and died in a government hospital. Deputy Commissioner of Police Amitabh Thakur told CNN-IBN that Das was shot at when he was taking a judo class.
Thakur confirmed the killing had nothing to with Budhia. %u201CWe have already spoken to an eyewitness and zeroed in on the accused. We want to rule out the possibility of any link with Budhua. He was killed because of personal reasons.%u201D
Police said Das was killed around 1800 hours IST. However, no arrests have been made so far.
%u201CWe are finding out the details of the people who were present during the class. We have informed all senior officials and we are hopeful of arresting the culprits soon,%u201D Thakur said.
Meanwhile, Das%u2019 inconsolable wife told CNN-IBN, %u201CI am not in stable condition. We don%u2019t know what happened to him suddenly.%u201D
Das became famous because of his prot%uFFFDe Budhia, a slum kid who entered record books when ran for 65 km from Puri to Bhubaneswar in 2006.
The fame soon turned into infamy when in August 2007 Budhia accused Das of torturing him and filed a police complaint against. Das spent a few days in judicial custody after Budhia%u2019s complaint.
