With the arrival of Shahid's mortal remain at his residence on Maqbool Alam road from Delhi last night, hundreds of his relatives and admirers had gathered. Shahid's best friend Zafar Iqbal along with Olympians Ashok Kumar, Sujit Kumar, RP Singh, Shaqil Ahmed and Sardar Singh offered their tributes. The moment was poignant and there were tears in everybody's eyes as former Olympians along with thousansds of sports lovers bid final adieu to hockey wizard Mohammed Shahid as he was laid to rest at Taktakpur graveyard today afternoon. Politicians cutting across party lines also paid homage to Shahid. The last rites were performed in front of UP minister Ram Sakal Gurjar, DIG range Sanjiv Gupta, district magistrate VK Anand and SSP Akash Kulhary.

Source: dna July 21, 2016 17:48 UTC