Sacheti was admitted to a hospital while battling COVID-19 before he suffered a cardiac arrest.
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Doyen of Indian Olympic sports administration and Boxing Federation of India’s (BFI) Executive Director, Raj Kumar Sacheti, passed away in the morning on Tuesday. He was admitted to a hospital while battling COVID-19 before he suffered a cardiac arrest. Raj Kumar Sacheti hailed from Alwar, Rajasthan, and was 55 years old.
A Chartered Accountant by profession, he has been instrumental in turning around the face of Indian boxing and taking it to the greatest heights. Sacheti was considered as India’s most able compendium of sports management and one of the finest sports administrators in the country. He had been one of the primary architects of the major sporting milestones in India for the last couple of decades.
He always stayed away from the spotlight while silently contributing to the growth of Indian sports. Sacheti was also a Member of International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Boxing Task Force for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
“R.K. Sacheti was the life and soul of the BFI. Indian boxing reaching such heights in the last few years was largely his contribution. We will miss him dearly,” said BFI president Ajay Singh in his condolence message.
Indian registered 3,57,229 new Covid-19 cases and 3449 related deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday morning.
