Fans offer prayers to hockey legend Mohammad Shahid in Varanasi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI )
Fans offer prayers to hockey legend Mohammad Shahid in Varanasi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI )
The moment was poignant and there were tears in everybody’s eyes as former Olympians along with thousansds of sportslovers bid final adieu to hockey wizard Mohammad Shahid as he was laid to rest at Taktakpur graveyard on Thursday afternoon.
With the arrival of Shahid’s mortal remain at his residence on Maqbool Alam road from Delhi on Wednesday night, hundreds of his relatives and admirers had gathered.
Shahid’s best friend Zafar Iqbal along with Olympians Ashok Kumar, Sujit Kumar, R.P. Singh, Shaqil Ahmed and Sardar Singh offered tributes. Politicians cutting across party lines also paid homage to Shahid.
World Cup winner Ashok Kumar and best friend Iqbal wrapped Shahid’s body in tri-colour. The mortal remains were taken inside the Dayam Khan mosque to offer Janaze-ki-Namaaz before being taken to the graveyard.
Call it irony, Shahid was laid to rest in Taktakpur graveyard, which is located few hundred yards away from the Police Lines ground, where a young talent bloomed and the veteran artist was at work during his last charity match in 2011.
