Cricket Umpire and sports organizer Rathi Choudhury is no more

Staff Correspondent

DIBRUGARH: Noted cricketer, Cricket Umpire and sports organizer Rathi Choudhury passed away on Monday in Kolkata due to old age ailment. He was 73. Rathi Chowdhury is survived by two sons, family members, friends and a number of his admirers.

A resident of Kartick Para, Dibrugarh, Chowdhury was an alumnus of Dibrugarh HS Kanoi College. An approved cricket umpire of Assam Cricket Association (ACA), Chowdhury represented cricket team of Kanoi College in Eastern Region University Cricket Tournament and represented Dibrugarh District cricket team in Inter District Cricket championship. Chowdhury was also an ace soccer player and took part in several football tournaments representing Dibrugarh Town Club.

His death was widely condoled by all sports organizations including Dibrugarh District Sports Association, Milan Jyoti Sangha, Jeoti Moral Sangha and several veteran sports personalities of the district including president of Dibrugarh Tennis Club, Ajoy Barua, DDSA President, Debajit Dutta, General Secretary Niranjan Saikia, DDSA members Gyan Prakash Sarma, Tarique Khan, Noted Cricket Coach Pranab Baruah former president of DDSA, Jamshed Khan, Dhiren Barua, Manindra Nath Saikia and noted sports organizers Sachindra Lal Bhuyan and Sanjeeb Bordoloi, Anjan Baruah, Niruj Dutta and Amiyo Hazarika.

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