By Aliza Noor
Twins Mohammed Saif and Heena Shahid, now 34, were born in an old ancestral house at Kachahri road in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. This is where their late father, Hockey legend Mohammed Shahid lived and it’s this house which was partially demolished on Sunday, 28 September to make way for a road development project.
Shahid’s home and his story came into limelight after a video from Varanasi went viral. In the video, a visibly Muslim man could be seen pleading in front of a police official to not demolish the house.
As it turns out, Shahid’s son, Saif told The Quint, “A lot of media and people are misreporting. The man in the video, requesting the police is a distant relative, Papa was Kashi Ki Shaan and got much respect. Though the demolition came as a little shock, it was not news to us.”
Shahid was the last hockey player to get India a gold medal at Olympics in the history of the sports. Known as the ‘master dribbler,’ he won Gold at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He was also the former Captain of the hockey team (1986).
This story was originally published in thequint.com.
