Indian archers endured a night of chaos when their return to the country from Dhaka after the Asian Championships was delayed by a day due to a cancelled flight, forcing them to stay at a "substandard shelter" after navigating through the violence-hit Bangladeshi capital without security.

Eleven members of the 23-strong squad, including two minors, were left stranded for nearly 10 hours at the airport amid repeated flight delays and a "complete absence of support" from the airline on which they were booked.

The group, which included senior pros Abhishek Verma, Jyoti Surekha and Olympian Dhiraj Bommadevara, had reached the Dhaka airport on Saturday for their 9.30 pm flight to Delhi, only to be told after boarding that the aircraft had developed a technical snag and would not take off.

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