New Delhi: Around 40 athletes have been issued notices by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing to disclose their whereabouts, NADA Director General, Navin Agarwal said on Saturday.
“It’s just not cricketers, all the athletes who have not submitted their whereabouts have been sent notices. During this lockdown period, many athletes thought they are not required to submit their whereabouts,” Agarwal told media.
As per reports, cricketers including KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Chheteshwar Pujara, Deepti Sharma & Smriti Mandhana were also served notice for failing to disclose their whereabouts.
Agarwal also said that now the lockdown is over, NADA needs to know about the whereabouts of all athletes and all 40 athletes who have defaulted have been sent notices.
Earlier this week, NADA advised all athletes to submit their whereabouts every three months in advance. If an athlete fails three such notices he or she can be suspended for up to 4 years under Anti-Doping Rule Violation. (ANI)
BCCI terms it ‘password glitch’
Replying on behalf of cricketers, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) wrote to NADA and cited “password glitch” as the reason for whereabouts disclosure failure.
