New Delhi:The Delhi Police on Sunday provided ration to India women Kho-Kho team skipper Nasreen, who is struggling for basic amenities, amid coronavirus outbreak.
"We immediately rushed to her place and found that she is living in a rented ground floor of a small house. All needed things like ration, masks and sanitisers have been provided to her," Delhi Police said in a release.
However, on Friday, the Kho-Kho Federation of India (KKFI) extended immediate financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to Nasreen, who had played a crucial role in securing a top-podium finish for the country at the 2019 South Asian Games.
On Thursday, she said she was forced to live without ration due to the financial crisis faced due to the lockdown.
“I am the captain of Indian national women’s kho-kho team and I have participated in South Asian Games, Asian Championships and University Games in London and have won gold medal for India in each one of them. But despite playing so many national and international games, I am not getting any kind of help in such difficult times and I am deeply saddened by such ignorant behaviour from the government and concerned authorities,” Nasleen said in an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat.
ETV Bharat's exclusive interview with Indian national Kho-Kho team skipper Nasreen and her father Her father Mohammad Gafoor, who used to sell steel utensils on the streets before the lockdown, is now jobless.
"My father used to sell utensils but due to lockdown, he is not able to go out which resulted in a financial crisis for the family. He is the sole earner in the family. Everything is closed during this lockdown. We are having trouble getting the ration," Nasreen had earlier said.
"The general secretary of the Kho Kho Federation of India Tyagi Sir helped us, but our problems are not getting any easier," she had said.
