Ghanaian footballer Muller moved to hotel

Mumbai

The ordeal of Randy Juan Muller reminded people of Tom Hank’s character in the Hollywood film “The Terminal”, and it ended after Yuva Sena, the youth wing of the Shiv Sena, reached out to help him. Muller has now shifted to a local hotel and is waiting for airlines to resume operations so that he can fly home.

The Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) also provided him all help, including food, and allowed him to use the airport WiFi network to make calls, an official said. Muller, a Ghana national who used to play for a club in Kerala, was scheduled to fly home by a Kenya Airways flight when the lockdown was announced.

However, he found himself stranded at the Mumbai airport. “He spent his time at the airport’s fancy artificial gardens. Somehow, he bought food from stalls and passed his time with the airport staff. Muller told me that the airport staff were very helpful,” Yuva Sena office bearer Rahul Kanal said.

A Twitter user brought Muller’s plight to the notice of Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray, following which Kanal reached out to the footballer and helped him move into a hotel. On Saturday, Muller thanked Thackeray and Kanal for their help.