Dipa Karmakar received the luxury car along with badminton star PV Sindhu, wrestler Sakshi Malik and Sindhu's coach Pullela Gopichand
India's star gymnast Dipa Karmakar bought a Hyundai Elantra after returning the BMW presented to her by Sachin Tendulkar after her glorious performance at Rio Olympic Games, reports NDTV.
Karmakar returned the luxury vehicle because of the poor road conditions and the absence of a BMW service centre in her hometown Agartala.
In October, Karmakar had said, "See, here in Agartala, we don't have a showroom or service centre of BMW and, therefore, I asked them (members of Badminton Association of Hyderabad) for any other vehicle which is locally available and they also gave their consent for that. Other than this there is no other issue," strongly refuting the reports of bad road conditions in Tripura.
She also said that she cannot think of refusing or returning a gift she had received at the hands of Sachin Tendulkar.
Dipa Karmakar's father Dulal Karmakar has also stated that due to the absence of any BMW service centre in Tripura, he along with Dipa and her coach Bishweshwar Nandi, had jointly requested the president of Hyderabad Badminton Association (BAH), V Chamundeswaranath if they could give her the price of the BMW as cash with which she would buy a car that has its showroom and servicing centre in her hometown.
"No question arises of returning back the gifted BMW in Hyderabad. The main problem is that BMW does not have a showroom here. If the car has any problem we have to fly a mechanic from Kolkata and it will be very expensive. So, I along with my daughter and her coach, had asked them that instead of a car if they could give the price of it as cash so that we can buy a car which is available here," said Dulal.
In August, for her achievement at the Rio Olympics, Dipa, along with India's two other medalists, badminton star PV Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik and Sindhu's coach Pullela Gopichand, received a BMW car gifted by the president of the BAH.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Dipa narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the women's vault event.
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