The organizers of the boxing tournament and the concerned sports officials signed an agreement letter with a member of the victim´s family on Friday pledging to provide the amount within 15 days. [break]
Sabin Bhattacharya, member of the tournament´s organizing committee, Nepal Boxing Association President Ravi Raj Thapa, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Chief Shankar Kandel, National Sports Council Member Secretary Hari Babu Chaudhary and Deepak Budhamagar, brother of the late boxer Raju, signed the letter to this effect.
The agreement was reached under the mediation of the Nepal Republic Sports Federation -- the sports wing of United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists). President of the federation Jayandra Chand facilitated the meeting between the concerned parties.
The meeting also decided to forward a proposal to the government to declare the late boxer a martyr. They also decided to set up a fund in Budhamagar´s commemoration and to form a probe committee to find out the facts regarding the incident.
Another agenda to be forwarded by the Sports Ministry to the government is to provide a job to any one member of the victim´s family. The concerned officials also agreed to take necessary initiatives to implement the decisions.
Budhamagar had died on Wednesday after falling unconscious in the men´s 52 kg bout during the Inter-municipal Boxing Tournament in Hetauda.
He was rushed to a local hospital soon after the incident and then referred to Bharatpur Medical College.
He was then taken to the Neuro Hospital in Kathmandu where he passed away a day later. His body will be kept at the Dasharath Stadium on Saturday morning to pay last tributes to the deceased player.
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