Abhinav Bindra, Heena Sidhu express anger as shooters are detained at Delhi airport

Abhinav Bindra and Heena Sidhu took to Twitter to express their displeasure over the incident.

In a shocking incident at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India’s best shooters were detained and had to wait for more than 10 hours before they were given the clearance to leave with their ammunition. It is concerning considering that there was no official help. At the same time, considering that shooting is not a mainstream sport for many, the staff at the airport clearly did not recognise the athletes. Abhinav Bindra and Heena Sidhu took to Twitter to express their displeasure over the incident.

“Saddened to hear that the National Shooting Team is detained at The IGI Airport with the customs refusing to clear their guns,” Bindra tweeted.

Earlier visuals of National Shooting Team members waiting at Delhi airport: Weapons of the team were seized by Customs, were later returned pic.twitter.com/alpRqLU8Gw

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 9, 2017

Saddened to hear that the National Shooting Team is detained at The IGI Airport with the customs refusing to clear their guns. 1/3

— Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) May 9, 2017

They are our countries ambassadors and should not be treated like this. Would this ever happen to our cricket team ? 2/3

— Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) May 9, 2017

Chatted with a few athletes and the lack of support coming through from the national federation is pathetic. @RaninderSingh @TheNrai

— Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) May 9, 2017

The official team manager of the shotgun team left this morning leaving the athletes to fend for them selves.

— Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) May 9, 2017

Shooters held up at IGI airport for no valid reason or any fault of theirs. Dats d price v pay for always following d rules. been 10 hrs now

— Heena SIDHU (@HeenaSidhu10) May 9, 2017

Shooters need to learn to live at airports before learning to shoot.

— Heena SIDHU (@HeenaSidhu10) May 9, 2017

“Chatted with a few athletes and the lack of support coming through from the national federation is pathetic. @RaninderSingh @TheNrai,” Bindra said.

“They are our countries ambassadors and should not be treated like this. Would this ever happen to our cricket team?,” he asked.

The Indian shooters were left stranded at the airport on their return from the World Cup in Cyprus. The team, which included the likes of Chain Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Kynan Chenai, had to wait for more than 10 hours before they were allowed to leave with their ammunition. (with wires inputs)