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FA of Odisha condole the death of Bishtu Brata Das

The Football Association of Odisha (FAO) with profound grief and shock, the Office Bearers and its Members in deep sorrow and condolence on the sad and untimely demise of Bishtu Brata Das who breathed his last on Wednesday, July 14 at his Peyton Sahi Cuttack Residence after a brief illness. He was 65 years old.

He had the honour of representing Odisha State in the Santosh Trophy in the late 1970s and has played for various famous clubs of Odisha state.

He was a retired employee of Odisha Postal. He survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

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