Overview
- Eleven of 23 squad members, including two minors, were stuck for nearly 10 hours after a 9:30 pm Dhaka–Delhi flight was scrapped post-boarding due to a technical fault.
- The group says they were taken in a window-less bus to a cramped dorm-style lodge with one filthy toilet and little security.
- Senior archer Abhishek Verma said airline support was absent and international payment failures blocked private transport or hotel options.
- After flying to Delhi the next morning, several missed connections to Hyderabad and Vijayawada, with rebooking costs falling on the federation.
- The disruption occurred as Dhaka saw street violence tied to a tribunal verdict on deposed PM Sheikh Hasina, while other batches to Kolkata and Mumbai returned without issues.