NEW DELHI: Duped of hard-earned money and false promises of participation at an international event, hundreds of school students and their parents had a harrowing time at a city hotel in the national capital when their visas for France didn’t arrive on time for participating at the 19th ISF World School Gymnasiade in Normandy from May 14 to 22.
About 140 students and their parents were cheated of Rs 2.5 lakh each by the derecognised School Games Federation of India (SGFI) after they waited anxiously at Hotel Centaur near the Delhi International Airport, awaiting for their visas to arrive so that their wards can catch a 2am flight (Saturday early morning) to Normandy to compete at the Gymnasiade.
