The 30 Muslim sports coaches who have been terminated are qualified in training athletes and sportspersons in judo, volleyball, basketball, athletics, and badminton. All of them belong to various districts from Gujarat.
New Delhi: On February 19, Mohd. Shoeb Qureshi, a judo coach from Modasa town in Gujarat, received a phone call from his employer at EduSports, a sports education company that supplies sports educators to various government institutions across the state. He was informed that his services were no longer required.
Confused and anxious, Qureshi reached out to other coaches and trainers employed at various government institutions across the state, only to find that at least 30 other trainers had also received calls from their sports companies terminating their services.
However, a common factor was that all the terminated coaches were Muslims.
Qureshi, who had been transferred to Ahmedabad’s District Level Sports School (DLSS), from Patan, told The Wire several other private companies such as KinderSports, EduSports, TSG, Imperial International Sports Academy had taken similar steps against people belonging to the Muslim community.
The 30 Muslim sports coaches who have been terminated are qualified in training athletes and sportspersons in judo, volleyball, basketball, athletics, and badminton. All of them belong to various districts from Gujarat.
Qureshi also explained how the entire matter unfolded without their consent. “Some of us received phone calls, termination emails telling us that our dues will be paid according to company policies since the company was terminating us. They have paid our dues, but we have no reason to understand this situation,” he said.
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