Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi on Saturday wondered if the news of her silver medal-winning effort at the Asian Championship in Jinju, South Korea, had reached her parents, in violence-hit Manipur.

More importantly, she was worried about their safety, for she hasn’t been able to speak with them for the past two days owing to the internet shutdown in her native state.

In Jinju, she stood on the podium while representing India. But later the 24-year-old broke down on the phone.

“I haven’t been able to speak to my parents for the past two days,” a sobbing Bindyarani said a couple of hours after her win.

“Har competition ke pehle mumma mujhe call karke ashrivaad deti hain par aaj aisa nahi hua (My mother blesses me before all my competitions. But today, I couldn’t speak to her),” she added.

She lifted a total of 194kg (83kg+111kg) to open India’s medal count in this edition of the championship.

The conflict has killed scores of people in Manipur and had prompted shoot-at-sight orders.

The Commonwealth Games silver medallist’s father is a farmer who also owns a grocery shop. She also has a brother, a sister and a sister-in-law back home.