Chandigarh: India's Olympic medallist Vijender Singh has not shown up for the boxing trial camp in Patiala. Participation in the boxing camp is necessary for the boxer's selection. Boxing Federation Vice President Nivaran Mukherjee said, "Vijender hasn't come for the trials. If he doesn't attend the camp tomorrow he will fail to qualify or the next tournament."
On Friday, the Punjab Police had said that the boxer has not been let off in the multi-crore drug haul case. The police also said that it will not accept report of the dope test on Vijender conducted by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) as it has no legal validity. After refusing to give samples to Punjab Police, Vijender, whose name cropped up in the high-profile Mohali drug haul, had on Friday made himself available for an out-of-competition
dope test by NADA officials.
Fatehgarh Sahib SSP HS Mann said the police cannot accept the NADA test report as it has no legal validity. "The investigating officer has to get the tests done under legal provisions available in CrPC and IPC," Mann said, adding police will take legal steps to get samples from the boxer. ...
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10:14 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Punjab Police claimed the value of drugs seized from alleged NRI narcotics dealer Anoop Singh Kahlon's house was to the tune of Rs 484 crore. Citing the figure given by Kahlon and Kulwant Singh, who were arrested by Fatehgarh Sahib police in the heroin seizure case, police said the wholesale price of the seized drug in the international market was Rs 121 crore and its retail price was approximately Rs...
10:07 AM, Apr 01, 2013
A Punjab Police probe has revealed that Olympian Vijender Singh took drugs 12 times and boxer Ram Singh about five times between December 2012 and February 2013. The investigation reveals both Vijender and Ram allegedly procured the drug from Anoop Singh Kahlon and Rocky for personal consumption. ...
09:14 PM, Mar 31, 2013
International boxer Ram Singh, sparring partner of Olympian Vijender Singh was on Thursday dismissed by Punjab Police in connection with the recent recovery of 26 kg of heroin worth Rs 130 crore. ...
11:18 PM, Mar 28, 2013
After boxer Vijender Singh refused to submit samples for drug testing, the Punjab Police is seeking court orders to collect them. The police have said that the samples have to be collected in the presence of its investigation Officer. ...
09:08 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Anup Singh Kahlon, the key accused in the Mohali drug bust, was on Wednesday remanded to police custody till March 16. Anup Singh Kahlon was arrested after over 30 kg of heroin was found in his house on the outskirts of Chandigarh. The drugs recovered are worth over Rs 130 crore. Meanwhile, three other accused in the smuggling network, Kulwinder Singh, Sandeep Singh and Kuldeep Singh have also remanded till...
06:17 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh has said that he is willing to provide his blood and hair samples to the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) than to the Punjab police saying that the team that visited him on Monday to question him and take his samples was "ill-prepared" and did not have a doctor on board. ...
10:45 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Olympics bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh is likely to face arrest for refusing to give his blood and hair samples for testing after his name cropped up in the Mohali drug bust. While he denied any links to the Rs 130 crore drug haul during his interrogation by the Punjab police, he refused to give his samples for testing. Sources now say that the boxer may face legal action. ...
07:40 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Punjab police have arrested a pharmacist who used to conduct authenticity tests of drugs for international drug smugglers from Ludhiana city late Sunday, police sources said. ...
01:48 PM, Mar 11, 2013
The hunt for the alleged kingpin of the multicrore Mohali drug racket is on, police said on Monday. Actor and Arjuna awardee Jagdish Singh Bhola is currently on the run and the police say that questioning Olympian Vijender Singh is not their priority right now. ...
09:41 AM, Mar 11, 2013
Olympic medalist Vijender Singh is in the dock after his friend and national-level boxer Ram Singh confirmed they took drugs, believing them to be food supplements. But the boxing federation has backed Vijender and suspended Ram Singh from the national camp. ...
09:09 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Boxer Ram Singh has been expelled from National Institute of Sports, Patiala on in the wake of allegations against him and Olympic medallist Vijender Singh in the Rs 130 crore drug haul case. NIS director has said that Ram brought in Vijender's recommendation. ...
01:21 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Sources on Sunday said that boxers Vijender Singh and Ram Singh may get a clean chit in the Rs 130 crore drug haul case as investigations suggest they had no role in smuggling. The police is reportedly doubtful whether traces of heroin will now be found in their blood stream. ...
09:56 AM, Mar 10, 2013
Boxer Ram Singh has now admitted that both he and Olympic medallist Vijender Singh took drugs but thinking they were food supplements. "Vijender took drugs two or three times thinking that they were food supplements. When we found out they were drugs we were shocked and stopped taking them," Ram told CNN-IBN. ...
07:59 AM, Mar 10, 2013
Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh is increasingly getting boxed in after the massive haul of over 26 kilograms of heroin from Zirakpur worth Rs 130 crore. The police claim that constable and boxer Ram Singh said that he and Vijender Singh visited drug smuggler Anup Singh Kahlon several times and purchased drugs at least six times from him. ...
11:02 PM, Mar 09, 2013
One of the main accused in the Mohali drug haul case, Anup Singh Kahlon on Friday reportedly attempted to commit suicide in prison and had to be hospitalised, sources said. Kahlon was arrested after 30 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 130 crore was recovered at a house in Zirakpur, outside Chandigarh. Apart from Kahlon, five others were arrested. These included Kulwinder Singh Rocky, Kuldeep Singh, Sandeep Singh, Mandeep Singh and...
04:20 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Adding a new twist to the drug haul case, boxer Ram Singh has claimed that he and boxer Vijender Singh were in touch with drug peddler Anup Singh Kahlon since December 2012. Sources said Ram and Vijender met Kahlon and co-accused Rocky four to five times and took drugs six times. ...
11:14 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh is under the police scrutiny in the drug haul in Mohali and police said that the interrogation so far establishes no direct link to him but hasn't given him the clean chit either. Twenty six kilograms of heroin worth Rs 130 crore was recovered from a house in Zirakpur, outside Chandigarh. ...
07:59 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Vijender Singh, the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal, is in trouble along with another boxer Ram Singh after Punjab Police arrested drug peddler Anup Singh Kahlon, who in a shocking allegation claimed that the two sportsmen were his clients. ...
08:58 PM, Mar 08, 2013
In a major coup, the Punjab Police on Friday busted a drug racket after a raid on Thursday night. Twenty six kilograms of heroin worth Rs 130 crore were recovered from a house outside Chandigah. Police sources, however, said that the accused Anup Singh Kahlon in a shocking claim revealed that two of his clients were Olympic medallist and sporting icon Vijender Singh and another boxer Ram Singh. The police...
07:42 PM, Mar 08, 2013
