AFI panel to probe athletes ouster from CWG

New Delhi: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Friday constituted a three-member inquiry committee to probe the events around the ousting of two athletes from the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Village in Gold Coast for breaching the 'no needle policy.

Race walker KT Irfan and triple jumper V Rakesh Babu were ordered to return home from the ongoing Games after they failed to explain the presence of needles in their bedroom at the Games Village.AFI President Adille Sumariwala said that the inquiry panel will be headed by former Sports Authority of India (SAI) secretary B K Sinha with one sports doctor and an official or a former athlete.

"I have constituted an inquiry committee to probe and ascertain what had happened in Gold Coast which has led to this situation. B K Sinha has accepted to be the head of the panel though an official communication is yet to be sent from the AFI.

"He will be assisted by a sports doctor and an official or a former athlete who knows what is currently happening in Indian athletics. We will decide on these two members," Sumariwalla, who had not gone to Gold Coast said from Mumbai.The CGF said that a needle was recovered from the bedside of a room occupied by Irfan and Babu while a syringe was recovered from the bag of the triple jumper.