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Delhi cabbie dupes Okuhara; BAI says ‘it’s unfortunate’
Updated On: 14 December, 2023 07:10 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
However, in the local organising committee’s defence, the all-powerful BAI secretary general said the ace Japanese shuttler didn’t send any e-mail informing the logistical details
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Nozomi Okuhara
Former world champion and Olympic medallist shuttler Nozomi Okuhara recently narrated her harrowing travel experience in India where she was duped by Delhi’s notorious cab drivers and also made to wait for four hours before being allotted a hotel room in Cuttack, Odisha.
Okuhara, 28, took to the social media platform fansnet.jp to narrate her ordeal after being harassed by cab drivers at Delhi airport and not getting any official transportation after arriving in Cuttack on Monday to play in the Odisha Open. She also had to wait for four hours to check in at the hotel and wasn’t provided with a shuttle bus/car for her scheduled 8 am practice session. An embarrassed Badminton Association of India (BAI) general secretary Sanjay Mishra termed the series of incidents as “unfortunate” and promised that “it won’t happen in future.”
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