Asian Video games, Commonwealth Video games medal-winning boxer Birju Sah passes away

Asian Video games and Commonwealth Video games bronze medal successful boxer Birju Sah handed away in Jamshedpur on Saturday evening, Sah’s household sources mentioned on Sunday. He was 48.

He’s survived by his spouse, daughter and son.

Sah bagged bronze medals within the mild flyweight class on the 1993 Asian junior championships and 1994 Asian Video games and Commonwealth Video games. Later, he went by means of a monetary disaster and took up an odd job of a safety guard with a non-public agency in Jamshedpur for a while.

“It’s a tragic day. He was a proficient boxer whom I groomed on the Tata Boxing Centre. He used to coach children with me on the Birsa Boys Membership,” mentioned Ernest Lakra, a former boxer and a reputed coach.

Sah additionally coached the Jharkhand crew on the Nationwide championships.