CBI registers case in Narsingh Yadav doping scandal

TIL Desk Sports/ CBI has registered a case in the doping scandal involving international wrestler Narsingh Yadav, who was barred from participating in the Rio Olympics after banned substances were found in his urine samples. CBI sources today said the agency has taken over investigation in the case in which FIR was registered by Haryana Police.

According to rules, CBI re-registers the FIR filed by state police but it is free to come up with any conclusion which emerges during probe. The case has been registered under Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy, 328 (poisoning) and 506 of IPC.

“It was alleged that spiking of some restricted material (narcotic) in the meal/water of said international wrestler was to stop his participation in Rio Olympics for which he had qualified,” CBI spokesperson Devpreet Singh said.

Yadav was slapped with a four-year ban by the Court of Arbitration (CAS) during the Olympics barring him from the Games. After the development, the WFI had been demanding a CBI probe into the matter.