Expressing grief over the death of Special Olympian Rajvir Singh (21) of Siarh village of district Ludhiana, who had won two gold medals in cycling at the 2015 Special Olympics in Los Angeles, Sports Minister Rana Sodhi announced financial assistance of Rs.5 lakh to the next family members of the deceased Olympic athlete. He said that senior officials of the department have been asked to hand over the cheque of financial assistance.
The Cabinet Minister categorically said that this player was deprived of the cash prize money of Rs.30 lakh promised by the then SAD-BJP government in 2015.
Rana Sodhi said that the matter of providing financial assistance to this special sportsperson had come to the notice of the sports department about five months back and since then, the department had started the process of providing financial assistance to him.