Dubai: Indian para-athlete Neeraj Yadav, a three-time Asian Para Games gold medallist, has died at the age of 42 after allegedly consuming poison at his residence, with the circumstances surrounding his death remaining unclear.

The F55-class athlete’s death was confirmed by S Satyanarayana, head coach of India’s para-athletics team. A postmortem examination was underway at a Delhi hospital on Wednesday.

“Neeraj has died by suicide. It is very unfortunate that such a thing has happened,” Satyanarayana said according to Times of India, adding that he had received information about the incident.

Reports suggested Yadav had been struggling emotionally after missing the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya following a doping suspension.…