The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) yesterday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started its probe into the doping scandal of tainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav after the PMO referred his case to the investigation agency
Wrestler Narsingh Yadav had tested positive for banned substance about 20 days ahead of the Rio Olympic Games.
New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) yesterday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started its probe into the doping scandal of tainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav after the PMO referred his case to the investigation agency.
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WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to forward Narsingh’s case to the CBI for further investigation. “Prime Minister’s Office has referred Narsingh’s case to CBI for further investigation and proceedings are learnt to have started into the wrestler’s doping scandal,” Brij Bhushan told PTI.
Narsingh was imposed a four-year ban last month by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which barred him from taking part at Olympic Games. Narsingh had tested positive for banned substance about 20 days ahead of the start of the Olympic Games and he had alleged conspiracy against him, saying that either his food or drinks were spiked.
But with Narsingh failing to produce any “real evidence” regarding the sabotage theory, the grappler was debarred from representing India at the Rio Games in 74kg freestyle wrestling event.
During the course of the Games, the CAS slapped a ban on him for flunking a dope test following WADA’s challenge to the clean chit given to him by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) just three days ahead of his scheduled opening bout. However, during the hearing at Rio, WADA had said that if any decision was rendered at a later stage by a criminal court in India which confirmed the alleged sabotage, then any award made by the ad-hoc panel could be reviewed by the Supreme Court in Switzerland.
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