CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra honored Abhishek Verma, an inspector with IT dept, who won a gold medal in world compound team archery held in Shanghai, in the presence of SS Rathore, Principal Chief Commissioner Income Tax, Delhi.
Verma secured for India the first-ever gold medal at the world championship of team compound archery stage-1, defeating Colombia. The event was organized at Shanghai between May 17-21 2017. Prior to this, the Indian team defeated Vietnam, Iran, and the USA to reach the final of compound team Archery championship.