State government grants Rs 3 lakh to boxer Shiva Thapa
Boxer Shiva Thapa, who won a silver medal at the recently-held Asian Boxing Championship in Dubai, has become richer by Rs 3 lakh. The Assam government has gifted him the amount under the State Sports Policy for his excellence. The Guwahati lad had called on CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. The CM congratulated the boxer and assured him that he would be extended all possible support in the future. Thapa had lost to Asian Games silver-medallist Baatarsukh Chinzorig of Mongolia in the final. Ranked third in the bantamweight category in the AIBA Men’s World Ranking, he was the youngest Indian to qualify for Olympics.