My father sold his house to buy rifle for me, reveals Gagan Narang
Star Indian shooter Gagan Narang has revealed, via an Instagram post, that his father has sold his house so as to buy a rifle for his son. Narang, who put up the post on Father's day, went on to add that his family stayed in a rented accommodation for almost 20 years after that.
On the occasion of Father's Day, Narang put up a long post on social media platform Instagram to share an emotional tribute to his father. Narang, who won the Bronze medal at the 2012 London Games in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle category, revealed that his father had sold his house in order to get his son a rifle. He further added that over the next 20 years, his family had stayed on rent.
"Twenty years ago this man standing next to me sold his house to buy a rifle for me, not because he knew I would go on to win medals for the country one day. But it was when I came back home crying from the shooting range because the owner of the gun I was using sold it to another shooter," Narang wrote on his Instagram page.
"We stayed on rent for 20 years. He didn't know how far I would go in the sport back then or that I would shoot a world record, be world number 1 and go on to win an Olympic medal for India. He did what a father needed to do to bring a smile on his son's face."