Kolkata, May 31 (PTI) They migt be winning laurels for the country all over the world but Indian archers are treated like "lepers" by the Sports Authority of India, alleges Archery Association of India Secretary General Paresh Nath Mukherjee.
Mukherjee told PTI that the campers were being treated like "lepers".
A senior Olympian archer along with coaches and officials too claimed of ill-treatment by the authorities of SAI and that they were living in an unhygienic condition in the camp here.
"It's not today's development. Our archers are treated as if they are 'lepers', for years. Is SAI listening?" a miffed Mukherjee said.
"The authorities at SAI are forgetting that archery is their pride here. It's the only sport that is done with an objective and the archers can only put SAI Kolkata in limelight. If the archers are gone, SAI will be left with nothing here.