Ashwini Nachappa the president of Clean Sports of India (CSI) wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a special investigation into the increasing drug abuse in sports in the country.
"An expose by a reputed news channel on the state of doping among our elite athletes at premier sports training centre in collusion with top officials has brought to the fore the doping menace in Indian Sport and howsport is being managed in our country." the letter reads.
"Caught on spy cam were some of India's most prominent officials managing sport such as Adil Sumariwalla, President Athletics Federation of India, Heads of Selection Committee besides otherfederation officials. President, AFI categorically mentions that the test sample of the athletes are replaceable at a cost of anywhere between Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 5 Lakhs. Also caught on camera was one of India's top athletes Narasingh Yadav who detailed and exposed the depressing doping scenario which is rampant amongst our athletes, categorically mentioned that Lalith Bhanot, the accused of the CWG scam is the mastermind. It is truly a sad comment on India that such a travesty can continue,"she wrote in a letter to PM Modi.
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