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I had kept his trophies safely wrapped in half-torn saree: CWG weightlifting gold medalist Achinta Sheuli's mother

KOLKATA: Achinta Sheuli's mother has kept his trophies and medals wrapped in a half-torn saree under the only bed in their two-room residence in Howrah district's Deulpur, around 20 km from here.

On Monday morning she arranged them on a small stool when Achinta Sheuli returned home after bagging gold in the 73kg weightlifting event at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

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