Ace basketball player and former captain of the Indian team Hari Dutt Kapri has passed away at his residence in Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand.

• He was 83 and breathed his last on Wednesday( 9 April)
• Kapri is survived by his wife and two sons.
• He was conferred with the Arjuna award in 1969. Kapri was born in Chiiriyakhan village of Muwani area of Pithoragarh district in the year 1942.
• It was under his stewardship that the Indian basketball team rose from the 7th to the 4th position in Asia in the year 1969.