chandigarh people from across punjab and delhi reached out to help former national boxing champion and retired army man from punjab kaur singh after toi reported on wednesday that he was suffering from cardiac trouble and was struggling to clear his rs 2 lakh medical billsafter reading the report punjab chief minister captain amarinder singh tweeted that he has cleared a grant of rs 2 lakh for the boxer the only one from india to have enter the ring against the legend muhammad ali in an exhibition matchsad to hear that boxer kaur singh is not keeping well the chief minister tweeted unfortunately i wasnt aware of his financial plight have sanctioned rs 2 lakh for him to repay his medical loan wish him speedy recovery and long healthy life the money has been disbursed from the cms relief fundeven union sports minister rajyavardhan singh rathore has sanctioned rs 5 lakh to help kaur pay his billsin a statement to toi amarinder added it was sad to hear of a sportsperson of such repute being forced to live in such pitiable conditions the government would do everything possible to help kaur singh whose contribution to indian boxing remains unparalleledthe boxer is suffering from a serious cardiac problem and spends rs 8000 per month on medicines he was discharged on tuesday morning from a private hospital in mohali where he was being treatedas soon as the report appeared on wednesday toi offices in chandigarh and delhi received numerous calls from readers who were touched by the boxers tale of woes and wanted to help him i am ready to sponsor the entire loan said delhibased businessman abdul kaam azad whose firm makes razor parts for a multinational company i am ready to help him in whatever way possibleharish trivedi ceo of a delhibased healthcare firm said he was keen to bring kaur to delhi and look after his medical needs for as long as needed he fought for our country and we should salute him for that not let him suffer like this trivedi saidwhen toi spoke to the ailing boxer at village khanal khurd in sangrur on wednesday he was unaware about the support pouring in for him i am immensely grateful to the people of the country for helping me however i would feel relief only when the monetary assistance reaches medespite his sporting achievements kaur had dissuaded his sons from taking up the sports because of the lack of support sportsmen received now my faith is restored he told toi i will motivate youngsters to take up sportskaur was the recipient of arjuna award in 1982 he was the recipient of the padma shree in 1983 he represented india in boxing in the 1984 los angeles olympics as well