RK Sacheti

NEW DELHI: RK Sacheti, executive director of the Boxing Federation of India, died on Tuesday after battling COVID-19, a demise that was mourned by administrators cutting across sports as well as the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

He was 56 and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

The long-serving administrator was fighting the dreaded infection at a hospital here for the past few days and was on ventilator support, PTI reports.

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