Veteran sharpshooter Chandro Tomar, also known as ‘Shooter Dadi’ , died of Covid-19 at Meerut medical college on Friday.
Her sister and fellow shooter, who picked up the sport very late with her, expressed the pain of her loss on Twitter and wrote, “Mera saath chhoot gaya, Chandro kahan chali gayi (I lost my partner, where did Chandro go).”
Chandro was already 60-plus when she picked up the gun for the first time but went on to win many national competitions, even inspiring a Bollywood movie on her life ‘Saand ki Aankh’.
She is believed to be the oldest woman sharp shooter in the world.
