Baramulla: Muntazir Ahmad, a young athlete from frontier Boniyar Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district is the first athlete from the state who got selected for Discovery Channel’s India’s Citizen Squad 2018 – reality show in which 12 selected citizen got training by ex-military specialists and underwent a series of challenges.
Muntazir Ahmad son of Mushtaq Ahmad Khan a resident of Noorkhan Boniyar Uri is a martial arts athlete and is pursuing his B-Tech degree in Haryana.
“I used to participate in different competitions as a martial arts athlete. I saw a social media group that there was link in which a participant was supposed to make one minute video to upload on citizensquad.in by Discovery Channel and underwent brief test online,” said Muntazir while talking to media.
He further said that he was lucky to be among 30 participants selected all over India who later underwent physical test and audition at New Delhi.
“I had to participate in a three-hour long physical test in which our physical strength, stamina and endurance were examined through multiple tests and exercises. I remained among top five, later a medical test was also done and I qualified,” he added.
Muntazir have to qualify an audition and interview later in which he gave answers to jury in his special style as there were various questions.
“I got final call that I was selected and we had our first shooting for four episodes in Sonmarg Jammu and Kashmir. We got trained basics of NSG, MARCOS, and Navy. Later we had to complete the missions. Lastly, medals of honour were awarded to those who completed the training successfully. I was first youth from state who got selected for such a great reality show of Discovery Channel,” he added.
“The chosen India’s Citizen Squad will have to accomplish a new dare-devil mission in each episode of the show,” Discovery Channel had said.
