Mumbai police believes that national-level swimmer Tanuka Dhara, 23, committed suicide at her home on Thursday. Postmortem report of Dhara, who worked as a junior clerk with the Western Railway (WR), confirmed suicide. She stayed in a rented room at Lower Parel since last one year. Her neighbours said that Dhara only waved at her neighbours and never spoke to them. They came to know about Dhara's achievement only after the news of her suicide came to light.

"Her mother and father were the only visitors at the house. We didn't see anybody else coming to her house in last one year. She only waved at us and didn't speak to us. It was only after this incident that we got to know she was a national level swimmer," said a neighbor, who didn't wish to be identified.

What's unusual about her suicide is that Dhara committed suicide while sitting below the wall.

"She had tied a dupatta on the window to strangulate herself. Her body was found in a sitting position facing the wall which suggests that she must have struggled with pain. The postmortem has confirmed suicide. The motive behind suicide is yet to be ascertained," said senior inspector Ahmed Pathan, N M Joshi Marg police station.