NEW DELHI: On a humid May evening in Kozhikode, as India footballer Chinglensana Singh made his way along the field to the dressing room. When he arrived, he discovered a trail of text messages and a storm of missed calls on his phone.
Worried, he attempted to return the calls right away, but to no effect. But the centre-back from the conflict-torn state Manipur quickly discovered that he had lost practically everything in the carnage that erupted on May 3, the same day he was representing Hyderabad FC in an AFC Cup playoff (Asian continental tournament) match against Mohun Bagan in faraway Kozhikode.
