New Delhi: Arunima Sinha, also known as Sonu Sinha, the sportswoman who lost her left leg after being pushed from a running train has set her eyes on the Paralympics. More than three and a half months after she was hospitalised athlete Sonu was discharged from the AIIMS Trauma Centre on Wednesday.
Questions are still being raised on the credibility of Sonu's side of the story. But Sonu has bigger dreams and she wants to represent India in the next Paralympics games and go up till the Olympics.
Sonu claimed that on April 11 she fell off a moving train in Uttar Pradesh after trying to fight off chain snatchers. In the event she lost her limb. Even as she battled for life at the district hospital in Bareilly , Sonu was applauded for her strength and zest for life.
But soon things took a U-turn and evidence or the lack of it went against this 24-year-old sportswoman....
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07:41 AM, Jul 28, 2011
The big question asked on Talking Point, 'Did everyone jump the gun in Sonu Sinha case?' ...
11:58 PM, May 05, 2011
New Delhi: It was on April 11, 2011, that Sonu Sinha, who claims she is a sportswoman was thrown off a moving train in UP after she said she was trying to fight off chain snatchers. While the railways and the railway police dispute her version of the incident, 25-year-old Sonu lost her leg which got crushed by a moving train. She also lost a possible career in sports. For...
01:38 PM, May 05, 2011
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11:16 PM, Apr 27, 2011
New Delhi:The mystery surrounding the case of national level athlete Arunima Sinha who lost a leg after allegedly being flung off a moving train by a gang of chain snatchers, deepened with the police accusing her of attempted suicide, a claim she has denied. The Government Railway Police on Wednesday claimed that Arunima, a national level football and volleyball player, was disturbed and may have either attempted suicide or met...
03:56 PM, Apr 27, 2011
New Delhi: National level athlete Arunima Sinha alias Sonu Sinha on Wednesday said that the Uttar Pradesh Police, which has been claiming that she is telling the truth about the incident in which she lost her leg after reportedly being thrown out of a train near Bareilly. Claiming that the police have been lying, Sonu said that no police personnel was present in the train compartment when she was apparently...
11:45 AM, Apr 27, 2011
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11:06 PM, Apr 26, 2011
New Delhi: Two weeks after her tragedy forced the Government to act, the UP government's Railway Police are now claiming to have solved the mystery behind athlete Sonu Sinha's accident on a moving train on April 11. AK Jain, ADG Railways, says, "She claimed that she was robbed, but there was no robbery. Her chain, her watch, her money were all found in her purse. The ITBP test has brought...
02:22 PM, Apr 26, 2011
New Delhi: Athlete Sonu (Arunima Sinha), who lost her leg after being pushed out of a train, is finally being brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). She was lonely in her tragedy, but now politicians are making a beeline for Sonu and the cameras - from the Ministry of Sports to Railways to the UP government all are willing to extend help to the maimed volley...
09:38 AM, Apr 19, 2011
From the ministry of sports to railways to the UP government, all are willing to extend help to Sonu. ...
10:15 PM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: Politicians are rushing to meet Sonu Sinha, the national level volleyball player who was thrown out of a moving train for resisting a robbery attempt. Sonu has now been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) after she had to undergo a second surgery. From the ministry of sports to railways to the UP government, all are willing to extend help to the maimed volley ball...
08:52 PM, Apr 18, 2011
Lucknow: There seems to be no end to the nightmares of Arunima Sinha alias Sonu Sinha, the volleyball player who was allegedly thrown out of a train by a gang of robbers and lost her left leg. Sonu had to undergo a second surgery at Lucknow's Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU) on Sunday following infection in her amputated left leg. It is still unclear what caused the infection in...
12:01 PM, Apr 18, 2011
Lucknow: National-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha aka Sonu, who lost her leg after being pushed from a moving train, on Sunday underwent a surgery due to infection in the severed limb, hospital sources said. "Sonu underwent debridement under general anesthesia. Her condition continues to be serious, but stable as of now. She is being continuously monitored and the university is providing all possible help including free treatment to the patient",...
08:17 PM, Apr 17, 2011
Lucknow: National-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha alias Sonu, who lost her leg after being pushed from a moving train, may have to undergo a surgery due to infection in the severed limb, hospital sources said. "During the examination of Sonu, who was admitted yesterday, it was detected that her amputated left leg has swelling and infection which may require further surgery for treatment," said the sources at Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj...
11:01 AM, Apr 17, 2011
Lucknow: Sonu Sinha, the athlete who lost her leg in a train accident, has made a huge gesture by taking decision to donate all the money she has received so far for medical aid and support to her sports academy. Sonu, also know as Arunima, said that she wants to donate the entire aid she has received to her Sports College. Arunima Sinha, a national level football and volleyball player,...
09:00 AM, Apr 17, 2011
Shahnaz Hussain offers help and support to athelete Sonu Sinha who lost her leg after being thrown out of a moving train near Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. ...
12:17 PM, Apr 16, 2011
Bareilly: A day after Sonu Sinha was promised a job by the Railways and a compensation of Rs 2 lakh by the sports ministry, the injured athlete is still to hear from the goverment. The national level female athlete lost her leg after being thrown out of a moving train near Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Even as 23-year-old Sonu lies on the hospital bed battling pain and recovering...
10:06 PM, Apr 15, 2011
A sportswoman's tragedy inside a moving train has focused attention on safety in Railways. ...
12:28 AM, Apr 15, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai talks to Railway Board Chairman Vivek Sahai on the Sonu Sinha tragic incident. ...
11:42 PM, Apr 14, 2011
New Delhi: A sportswoman's tragedy inside a moving train has focused attention on safety in India's largest transporting network. The outcry has also helped bring some relief and hope for the Sonu Sinha who lost her leg. Currently under treatment in a Bareily hospital, she has been offered a job in the Indian Railways and full rehabilitation. "Railway will be bearing the complete medical expenditure," said Railway Board Chairman Vivek...
05:21 PM, Apr 14, 2011
