The bouts were delayed by 40 minutes after officials
claimed that they have not been paid their allowance while the organisers insisted that they were being blackmailed for higher payment.
"They were trying to blackmail us to increase the daily allowance for the ITOs (technical officials). We had fixed it at USD 50 per day but they wanted more and pressurised us, this being the last day. Thankfully good sense prevailed on both sides and the matter was resolved," R K Sharma, CEO- Shillong Organising Committee told PTI.
On the concluding day, the officials, including judges and technical officials numbering about 14, refused to turn up citing "payment issues".
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Frantic calls to "settle the money" were made openly in the boxing arena in presence of Indian Olympic Association joint-secretary Rakesh Gupta.
Refusing to comment, Gupta said: "There's no problem at all. The bouts will begin soon."
The excited crowd which had turned up remained clueless to the messy state of affairs as the announcer blamed the delay on the VVIPs lined up for the concluding day.
The women's final bouts, which were slated at 11 am, finally began after a 40-minute delay with a rousing reception for MC Mary Kom in the 51kg category.