Chandigarh, Nov. 26 -- A district sports official in Rohtak has been suspended after a teenage national-level basketball player died when a training pole collapsed during practice at a sports nursery in Lakhan Majra.
The state government has also halted operations at the nursery and ordered a detailed review of sports infrastructure and equipment safety.
Following the incident, the Sports Department formed an inquiry committee that included the person in charge of Rohtak's Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Haryana's Minister of State for Sports, Gaurav Gautam, has summoned all district sports officials for a high-level meeting on November 28 at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula to assess infrastructure lapses.
The Lakhan Majra sports nursery, situat...