Tue, Jul 1 03:38 PM
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) A fresh controversy today rocked the Indian Weightlifting Federation with its secretary being accused of receiving bribe to select dope-tainted lifter Shailaja Pujari for the Beijing Olympics. The IWF secretary B R Gulati has, however, dismissed the allegation as "rubbish and baseless" and said he had never done such a thing right through his career as a sports adminstrator.
A top IWF official, speaking on condition of anonimity, alleged that Gulati has received Rs 5 lakh to select Pujari ahead of Monika Devi, who had actually booked the lone Olympic berth for India. "The allegations are all rubbish and baseless.
I totally deny these allegations. I want to reconfirm my integrity," Gulati told PTI. "In my couple of decades' association with sports administration, I have never done such kind of things," he said.
Monika, who fetched a silver and two bronze in 69 kg in Asian Championship in Japan in April-May to fetch the lone berth for India, and Shailaja were shortlisted for the final selection after a trial at Army Sports Institute in Pune yesterday. As per the rule, though the berth is allotted to a country, the national federations usually prefer the quota winner to contest in the Olympics unless that player is unfit or unavailable for the event.
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