Sakshi's coach yet to get cash award, promotion
September 25, 2016  20:00
India women's freestyle wrestling team coach Kuldeep Malik might have played a big role in Sakshi Malik's success at the Rio Olympics but he is yet to get any cash awards or recognition. 

After he returned from Rio Games along with Sakshi, the Haryana government presented him with a photocopy of Rs 10 lakh cheque at a felicitation function in Bahadurgarh but more than a month later the SAI coach is yet to get a real cheque.      
A "promise of promotion" by the Railway minister Suresh Prabhu on the day Sakshi was presented with Khel Ratna on August 29 has also remained only word of mouth, Kuldeep, a chief ticket inspector of Northern Railway revealed. 

His attempts to get in touch with the Haryana government and the Railway Sports Promotion Board have went in vain in last one month. 

"There may be fat cash awards and a super luxury BMW car for Sakshi but I've not got anything, even the promises are still to be met," Kuldeep, who has coached Sakshi since 2011, said.

"I'm yet to get a penny. I've repeatedly followed it up for the cheque but the officials have kept on dilly-dallying." 
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