Shooter Chandro Tomar, nicknamed ‘Shooter Dadi’, passed away at the age of 89 due to COVID-19 on Friday.
She had been admitted to a hospital in Meerut on April 26 after she had complained of difficulty breathing.
“Mera saath chhoot gaya, Chandro kaha chali gayi (She has left me, Chandro where have you gone?),” her sister-in-law Prakashi Tomar, who is also one of the oldest female sharpshooters, wrote on her Twitter page.
Hailing from the Baghpat village in Uttar Pradesh, Tomar was 60-plus when she picked up the gun for the first time but went on to win many national competitions for veterans, her feats ultimately inspiring the award-winning Bollywood movie Saand ki Aankh (2019).
People from various walks of life, ranging from Union ministers to film actors, have condoled her death.
Surjitt Sahani
