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Kolkata, April 17
Commonwealth Games medallist paddler Mouma Das on Tuesday 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 airport’s 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,” Mouma’s husband Kanchan Chakraborty told PTI.
The 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 matter.
“At the moment my focus is on two things—to get back my luggage and then think of World Team Championships. I don’t know, I can’t 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 women’s team, had said earlier.
The 10-member Indian table tennis team was the toast of the nation after winning eight medals (three gold, two silver and three bronze) in the just-concluded Gold Coast CWG, their best ever show, to finish at the top of the order.
Mouma had won a gold in the women’s team event and a silver in women’s doubles.
