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Athletes served food stored in toilet in Uttar Pradesh, sports officer suspended
Updated On: 20 September, 2022 02:56 PM IST | Saharanpur | PTI
The tournament was hosted from September 16 to 18 in which over 300 players from 16 divisions of the state took part

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Athletes at a state-level kabaddi tournament here were allegedly served food that was stored in a toilet, following which the district sports officer was suspended for laxity, according to officials.
A purported video of the September 16 incident, which went viral on social media, showed the athletes who took part in the sub-junior girls' kabaddi tournament at the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Stadium being served rice and poori that had been stored in the toilet.
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