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NEW DELHI, JUN 9
Former cricketer Maninder Singh, who recently found himself embroiled in a drug abuse controversy, was admitted to a local hospital in the wee hours of today after he allegedly slashed his wrists in what is believed to be a suicide attempt.
The former leg spinner is stated to be out of danger after doctors at the Shanti Mukund Hospital in east Delhi operated upon him following his admission there in a critical condition.
"Doctors have told us that he is out of danger but he is still in the operation theatre and is not in a position to make a statement," Deputy Commissioner of Police Ajay Chaudhary told PTI.
Police received a call at around one a.M. Saying that the former cricketer was brought to the hospital in a critical condition with both his wrists slashed. According to police, his neighbour in Mausam Vihar locality of Preet Vihar had rushed him to the hospital.
Police, however, remained tightlipped on whether it was a suicide attempt or a case of accident as claimed by his friends and family.
"We have not spoken to the doctors yet. We will be able to reach at any conclusion only after knowing the nature of his injury," Chaudhary added.
Maninder landed in a controversy after he was caught with 1.5 grams of cocaine and arrested alongwith his friend and small-time cricketer Sayyam Siddique by the Narcotics Wing of the Delhi Police from near his residence while he was about to leave for the airport to catch a flight to Mumbai.
Police have claimed that Maninder was going through a "rough patch" due to some family problems and resorted to drugs to de-stress himself, which was denied in the court by him. He is presently on bail in this case.
Police have also taken the blood samples of Maninder to ascertain whether he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
However, the former cricketer's wife Maili said he was injured when the glass window panes at their house broke while knocking it hard to wake the family members after coming late in the night.
"We were sleeping. He had come late. He knocked the door but we didn't hear it. So he came to the balcony which has glass bay windows. He tried to wake us up, he banged it hard and he lost his slip and he went back down like that and cut his hands," she said.
Maili said she immediately called her neighbours and rushed him to the hospital.
"Maninder's mother told me about the incident and I rushed him to the hospital and informed the police," his neighbour Sanjay Kumar told PTI.
Meanwhile, Shanti Mukund hospital authorities said the 41-year-old cricketer-turned-commentator was "out of danger" and his condition was stable after the operation, which lasted for several hours.
Medical Superintendent of the hospital G S Mathur said Maninder was unconscious when he was brought to the hospital in the wee hours. "He was bleeding profusely and was taken to the Intensive Care Unit," he added.
"His blood pressure was not recordable and he was in a state of shock. He was profusely bleeding from the wounds in both his hands," he said.
"The injury in his right wrist is a bit deeper and he had lost lot of blood. We have given him four units of blood," Deputy Medical Superintendent Dharmendra Kumar said.
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