HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE
CONSTITUTED TO PROBE SUNITA
RANI EPISODE
Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports, Government of India has appointed a high-level
committee to inquire into the incident of Sunita Rani doping case
during Busan Asain Games 2002. The decision has been taken in
view of wide-ranging concern over this issue. The Committee will
be headed by Shri S.S. Sharma, former Secretary in the Ministry
of Youth Affairs & Sports. Among others, Prof. Y.K.Gupta,
Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
will be member of this committee.
The Committee
will inquire into the circumstances responsible for and leading
to Sushree Sunit Rani, testing postive during Busan Asian Games-2002
for using a prohibited substance.
The Committee
will, inter-alia, go into the role of the Amateur Athletic Federation
of India (AAFI), the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Manager
of the team & the accompanying coach and suggest measures,
which could have been taken to avoid such a situation, ascribe
responsibility, wherever possible and recommend measures to prevent
recurrence of such instances.
During the deliberations,
the Committee may consult experts in Sports Medicine or any other
related field or any report/literature available on the subject
and recommend measures for prevention of doping in Sports. The
Committee will submit its report within three months from the
date of its constitution.
