Dehradun, Aug. 13 -- Indian Qwan Ki Do athlete Shayra said that issues in securing her passport led to her missing an international competition and that she was to bear travel and security expenses on her own.

Shayra is a Qwan Ki Do artist, which is a Vietnamese form of martial art. Speaking to ANI, said that she could not articulate her problem properly to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.

Speaking to ANI, she recalled how she received a direct scholarship of Rs 1.5 lakh from the Qwan Ki Do Federation of India after winning a national-level competition in Jammu, sealing her ticket in an international domestic competition, but was to bear Rs 50,000, in travel and security fees on her own. Shayra also said that delays in he...