Nisha won a bronze medal at a world championship last week
Wrestler Nisha Dahiya has released a video this evening saying she is absolutely fine after reports emerged that she had been shot dead in Haryana.
With Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik by her side, Nisha says in the video that she is in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, for the senior national meet.
Later, wrestler Sakshi Malik too tweeted a picture by Nisha, captioned, "She is alive".
Reports suggested that the wrestler, who brought glory to the country by winning a bronze medal at a world championship last week, and her brother Suraj were shot dead today at the Sushil Kumar Wrestling Academy in Sonipat.
NDTV too had carried these reports.
However, it was later found that a wrestler named Nisha Yadav was shot dead near the academy. Enraged over the incident, villagers set the academy on fire.
Nisha Yadav, a state-level player had been practising at the academy for the past three years. She was shot dead, allegedly by Pawan, who is from the same village as her and was running the academy. Pawan and one Sachin allegedly killed her and told her mother to pick her from the academy. When the mother and Nisha Yadav's brother reached the academy, they were also attacked.
Pawan and Sachin allegedly took the CCTV camera at the academy and fled the spot.