What are you doing since two years? Delhi High Court slams CBI for slow probe in Narsingh Yadav dope case

The Delhi High Court on Monday slammed the CBI for its slow probe in Narsingh Yadav’s dope case. The allegations were levied on the wrestler from the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The High Court has threatened the federal agency saying that they would pass the order if the CBI counsel did not get necessary instructions from relevant people in the agency.

“It has been more than two years. What are you doing? Get instructions from the concerned officer otherwise, we will pass the order,” the High Court said, according to news agency ANI.

According to a two-year-old statement by Wrestling Federation of India President, Brij Bhushan, “Prime Minister’s Office has referred Narsingh’s case to CBI for further investigation and proceedings are learned to have started into the wrestler’s doping scandal”. 

Yadav who had tested positive for banned substance about 20 days ahead of the start of the Olympic Games was imposed with a four-year ban in 2016 by the Court of Arbitration (CAS).

However, the wrestler had alleged that there was some conspiracy against him, saying that either his food or drinks were spiked.

But due to lack of “real evidence” about the sabotage theory, Yadav was debarred from representing India in 74kg freestyle wrestling event at the Rio Games.