Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has handed over a cheque of Rs. 2 lakh to fencer C.A. Bhavani Devi, who clinched a bronze medal at 18th Fleming Open Fencing Championship at Belgium in October last year.
Incidentally, last year the Chief Minister had given Rs 3 lakh to Ms. Bhavani to facilitate her to participate in the championships in Venezuela and France.
The fencer had bagged a silver medal at the Asian Fencing Championship held in Philippines in 2014 and a bronze medal in an international fencing event in Mongolia last year. She had also won accolades in the Commonwealth Youth Fencing Championship.
