Sunando Dhar

Long serving All India Football Federation official Sunando Dhar has been relieved from his responsibilities as AIFF deputy general secretary and has left the national governing body. 

The Times of India accessed an internal AIFF communication that stated: “Sunando Dhar has been relieved from his responsibilities as deputy general secretary effective, February 20, 2023

The communication further stated that Dhar has "personal commitments and responsibilities due to which he is unable to continue with the federation”.

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