Mouma loses luggage in transit, returns home frustrated, finds it back

Representational pictureCommonwealth Games medallist paddler Mouma Das today returned home frustrated and angry after she lost her luggage in transit The luggage containing her full India kit and mementos from Australia was held up by the customs officials in New Delhi airports domestic terminal By evening she got an assurance that the luggage will be delivered at her doorstep by tomorrow Souvenir bag gifted by Gold Coast CWG had one power bank which Mouma did not check That is why it was held back After multiple checks Jet Airways have promised to send her baggage by tomorrow Moumas husband Kanchan Chakraborty told PTIThe veteran paddler tweeted Thanks to jetairways they help me now to bring back my baggage Ra_THORe ji SushmaSwaraj ji FinMinIndia Media_SAI Respected PMOIndia Earlier in the day she made an appeal to the Sports Ministry through Twitter to ensure that the luggage reached on time before her departure for the Sweden World Team Championship next week Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore asked Sports Authority of India officials to immediately look into the matterAt the moment my focus is on two things to get back my luggage and then think of World Team Championships I dont know I cant even start training without my luggage It has everything from my rubber kits shoes all the equipment Mouma a member of the historic gold medal winning womens team had said earlier The 10member Indian table tennis team was the toast of the nation after winning eight medals three gold two silver and three bronze in the justconcluded Gold Coast CWG their best ever show to finish at the top of the order Mouma had won a gold in the womens team event and a silver in womens doubles The team landed in New Delhi at 530 am today and following a felicitation Mouma took a 1030 am Jet Airways flight to Kolkata as her luggage was held back in the transit According to Mouma the customs officers claimed that a power bank was found in her luggage so it was held back I never used a power bank I dont know whether they actually checked my luggage or someone elses If there was any objectionable article in my luggage then how did it come from Gold CoastMouma asked Mouma was expecting the issue to be resolved so that she could focus on the World Team Championship a quota event for the Tokyo Olympics The federation will go for visa tomorrow as we are expected to leave early I dont know whether I will be around during the 2020 Olympics but it will be a matter of immense satisfaction if I could earn the berth for the country the 34yearold had said However retirement has not crossed my mind yet My body is coping well and as long as I do that I will keep playingMouma and her doubles partner Manika Batra lost to Tianwei Feng and Mengyu Yu of Singapore 30 to settle for a silver Asked about it Mouma said We dont get much opportunity in doubles Our aim will be to improve our rankings in doubles so that we play World Cup events They Singaporeans had done their homework well We later realised from the vidoes that they planned for every point in that match she rued After the World Team Championships the Indias have Asian Games lined up in August and Mouma said it would be a tough contest in Indonesia With Chinese Koreans and Japanese the contest would be tough there but we have not yet thought about now We are looking to do well in Sweden and who knows we can create history in Indonesia she concludedCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever