Govt of Haryana referred Narsingh Yadav dope case to CBI

WFI claims a guaranteed Silver for Narsingh unless he was maltreated. File Pic.
Govt of Haryana referred Narsingh Yadav dope case to CBI. File Picture

Internet Desk: The government of Haryana on Thursday sent the dope case of wrestler Narsingh Yadav registered in Sonepat to the CBI for further investigation.

The case had ruled out Yadav’s participation in the 74-kg freestyle wrestling event at the Rio Olympic Games after the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) banned Narsingh for four-years, on August 18.

Additional Chief Secretary of Home Department, Ram Niwas, confirmed, “We have referred the case registered at Sonepat to the CBI for further investigation.”

On the basis of a complaint made by Yadav, the Haryana police had on July 27 registered a criminal case against a junior wrestler, Jitesh, and others on charges of criminal conspiracy and causing hurt by means of poison.

The FIR was registered at Rai police station in Sonepat district.

Yadav, in his complaint, alleged that wrestler Jitesh, who practices in Chhatarsal stadium at New Delhi, spiked his food supplements. He also claimed involvement of certain influential persons in the conspiracy.

The Wrestling Federation of India had been demanding an investigation from the CBI into the case after the CAS had slapped a four-year ban on Yadav and had debarred him from participating in the Olympics. The CAS had ruled that Yadav had taken “banned substance intentionally in tablet form.”

The 26-year-old wrestler had flunked the dope test conducted for a banned steroid on June 25 by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).

Later, NADA, while considering Yadav as victim of sabotage, had given him clean chit enabling him to participate in the Rio Olympic Games.

But the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), just three days ahead of Yadav’s opening bout at the Olympics, challenged NADA’s decision before the CAS which in turn set aside NADA’s verdict.

Yadav had qualified for Rio Olympic on the basis of his Bronze medal at the World Championship held in Las Vegas during 2015, resulting in the ouster of double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar in the same weight category. Kumar had then approached the Delhi High Court and finally the High Court had ruled in favour of Yadav.