Neeraj Yadav death: Woman friend says she met him hours before he was found beside SUV
During inquiry, a woman who had brought Yadav to the hospital told police she had been friends with him since Dec 2025. According to her statement, she went to Sonipat on Oct 27 to meet Yadav and tell him she could no longer remain in touch with him. She told police Yadav later dropped her off at Maujpur in his SUV. Around 9pm, when the woman returned to the area near Gate No. 1 of Maujpur metro…
A woman friend testified she met 42-year-old Neeraj Yadav just hours before his body was discovered near his SUV in northeast Delhi. Yadav, who won three gold medals at the Asian Para Games, was found dead Monday night, prompting a suspected suicide investigation. Born with post-polio residual paralysis, Yadav overcame adversity to compete in wheelchair tennis and para-athletics.
He earned international recognition winning gold at the 2015 Delhi State Athletics Meet and 2018 Asian Para Games. However, his career faced setbacks due to an anti-doping case in 2023, leading to a four-year ban after a sample tested positive for stanozolol. When the woman arrived at Maujpur metro station to see him on October 27, Yadav had dropped her off in his SUV.
She found him lying beside the vehicle around 9pm and promptly took him to GTB Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police are investigating the incident under Section 194 of the BNSS Act, but no suicide note or video has been found. Neeraj Yadav's family expressed difficulty believing he could commit suicide, and his relative called for a closer examination of the woman's involvement in his death.
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