Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today sanctioned Rs 5 lakhs to national level archer Gohela Boro for medical treatment.

Boro is suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus – an inflammatory disease caused when the immune system attacks its own tissues – combined with other multiple disorders. She belongs to a very poor family of Amguri village in Kokrajhar district of Assam.

The money was sanctioned from the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons .

The financial assistance sanctioned comes in addition to Rs 3.37 lakh provided to the archer until January 2018, a ministry release said.