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Former Indian football team captain Bhaichung Bhutia has written to the Jammu and Kashmir Football Federation offering a training stint to Kashmiri youth Majid Khan, a footballer who recently returned home after quitting the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
He even went on to tweet about his offer to Majid,
Bhutia is also the only Indian player to have played over 100 international matches,
Majid's mother Ashiya Begum had made emotional pleas on social media asking her son to come back home after she heard that Majid had joined terrorist ranks, a plea which forced Majid return back home.
“I also read that he has been a promising footballer since his childhood and has even won quite many trophies... Once you start kicking the ball again, you never know, your lives may just kick-off again. We want Majid to come back to normal life at the earliest,” the 40-year-old Padmashree awardee explained.
(With inputs from IANS.)
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