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Commissioner gifts Rs 75K to head constable to participate in Intl bodybuilding event in Uzbekistan
Purushothaman has already won Mr Tamil Nadu eight times in 2000, 2002 and five consecutive years from 2004 to 2008. Though an accident stalled his stride, Purushothaman made a comeback in 2018, almost a decade later, and won the Mr Tamil Nadu title for the eighth time.
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Days after messages did the rounds on WhatsApp that head constable A Purushothaman, attached to Adyar traffic investigation wing, was struggling to generate funds to participate in an international event for bodybuilders at Uzbekistan, city police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal on Sunday presented Rs 75,000 to the official at his office, while DGP Sylendra Babu has reportedly assured Rs 1.5 lakh to take care registration fee, travel and lodging.
Purushothaman has already won Mr Tamil Nadu eight times in 2000, 2002 and five consecutive years from 2004 to 2008. Though an accident stalled his stride, Purushothaman made a comeback in 2018, almost a decade later, and won the Mr Tamil Nadu title for the eighth time. He has also won a silver medal for Tamil Nadu police at the all-India police meet.
Purushothaman
He was able to meet the expenditure to participate in such events by himself, and his friends and colleagues collected Rs 1 lakh to send him to Chandigarh last month to participate in a national event. He is one of the 10 bodybuilders from the Tamil Nadu Amateur Bodybuilding Association shortlisted to participate at the international event, World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship 2021, to be held at Tashkent in Uzbekistan from October 1 to 7.
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