Pakistani Player: Pakistani boxer Zohaib Rashid has gone missing in Italy after stealing money from a teammate’s bag. Rashid the boxing athlete had gone to Italy to participate in the Olympic qualifying tournament. After this, instead of participating in the tournament, he committed theft. Pakistan has once again been embarrassed by this incident of a Pakistani player. Pakistan Amateur Boxing Federation revealed this on Tuesday. A senior official of the federation said that they informed the Pakistan Embassy in Italy and have also filed a police report on the matter.
Zohaib Rashid is not in contact with anyone
National Federation Secretary Colonel Naseer Ahmed said that this action of Zohaib Rashid is very shameful for the federation and the country. He was part of a five-member team participating in the Olympic qualifying tournament there. Zohaib had won a bronze medal in the Asian Boxing Championship last year. Interestingly, it was not long ago that Zohaib Rashid was considered an emerging talent in Pakistan.
Information given to police
Nasir Ahmed told that female boxer Laura Ikram had gone for practice and Zohaib Rashid took the key of her room from the front desk and took out foreign currency from her purse. After this he disappeared from the hotel. He told that the police has been informed and he is being searched but he is not in contact with anyone. This is not the first time that a Pakistani athlete has gone abroad with the national team and left with the hope of a better future.
(Input: PTI)
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