CHANDIGARH: During the first lockdown in 2020 when Doordarshan re-ran the BR Chopra-epic Mahabharat, former Indian athletics team head coach Bahadur Singh was happy to see his old friend and four-time Asian Games medallist and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Praveen Kumar Sobti back on TV playing the character of "Bheem".
On Tuesday, when news of Sobti's death started floating around, Singh was left heartbroken. The former athlete fondly remembered his six feet and five inches tall friend as a 'soft-hearted giant', who would step out even in the middle of the night to help his friends.
