The Pakistan Amateur Boxing Federation announced on Tuesday that a Pakistani fighter who had stolen money from a teammate's bag had vanished in Italy. Zohaib Rasheed traveled to Italy to compete in a qualifying competition for the Olympics.
A senior official of the federation said they had brought it to the notice of the Pakistan Embassy in Italy and also filed a police report about the incident.
It is most embarrassing for the federation and country the way Zohaib Rasheed has behaved as he had gone there as part of a five-member squad to take part in an Olympic qualifying tournament.
~the national federation's secretary, Colonel Nasir Ahmed said
Zohaib was considered a rising player in Pakistan after winning a bronze medal in the Asian Boxing Championships the previous year.
Laura Ikram, a female boxer, had left for training, according to Nasir, and Zohaib had taken her room keys from the front desk and stole her foreign currency out of a purse before he vanished from the hotel.
The police have been informed and they are now searching for him but he is not in contact with anyone.
~Nasir said
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