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Chetna Pandit who taught Bollywood actresses bike riding commits suicide
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a young 27-year-old Mumbai based woman biker Chetna Pandit who taught many Bollywood actresses bike riding today committed suicide by hanging herself at her Goregaon resident in India’s financial capital.
According to a senior police officer, the woman motorcycle coach Chetna Pandit who used to stay with her mother, was not at home when the incident took place yesterday night. She committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence in suburban area.
A senior inspector of Dindoshi police station Rajaram Vanmane said, “at the time of the incident, her brother had gone out. But when he returned home, he found her hanging and alerted the police.”
This 27-year-old hanged herself from a ceiling fan in the rented house on the first floor of Padmavati Nagar Society between 6 pm and 7 pm. A flatmate found an unresponsive Chetna about an hour later after calling a key maker to gain access to the flat.
The shocked flatmate called neighbours, who alerted the Dindoshi police. The letter Chetna left behind said no one should be blamed for her death. She had taken the extreme step because she couldn’t achieve certain goals in her life.
Chetna’s younger brother, who lives with relatives in Tardeo, performed the last rites on Wednesday. Their parents passed away several years ago.
Chetna Pandit who helps Bollywood actresses learning bike riding commits suicide:
Chetna, who moved to Mumbai from Karnataka over 10 years ago, was a professional bike riding coach, part of a growing tribe of female motorcycling enthusiasts in the city. She was the first female member of Enfield Riders, a motorcycle tour and training organisation.
She was also associated with a drag racing group. Before becoming a professional biker, she held a corporate job for afew years. Chetna persuaded women from different age groups to experience the life on the road, teaching them how to ride bikes, especially the Royal Enfield.
Five days ago, she shared a video of her two students on Facebook. One student is a mother of two. In the post, Chetna wrote: “Hey guys, it is an amazing feeling to see someone whom you trained, getting better day by day, following her heart to do what makes her happy. As a motorcycle coach I have met so many amazing women and it is indeed heartwarming to see them ride and get better (sic).”
She added: “I feel proud of these women. I am sure more and more women will come forward and learn to ride. I would be conducting weekend classes for ladies… Give yourself a chance to ride to dream to be free.”
A 2017 article with Chetna’s profile on a travel and lifestyle website described her as a “fighter” and a “girl who breaks age-old stereotypes”.
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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