India’s Asian Games chef-de-mission slammed boy for provisionally suspending him
Adille Sumariwala
New Delhi: India’s Asian Games chef-de-mission Adille Sumariwala on Monday slammed the Aiba for provisionally suspending him for the Sarita Devi episode, saying that the boxing world body has gone beyond its “jurisdiction”. Sumariwala said that he was not at all worried about the provisional suspension handed out to him by the world boxing body after boxer Sarita Devi refused to accept her bronze medal owing to a controversial semifinal loss at the Incheon Asian Games.
“Who is Aiba to suspend me? I have gone to Incheon Asiad as head of Indian contingent. I had done my duty to help out a boxer in my contingent in my capacity as the head on my country’s contingent,” Sumariwala, also the president of Athletics Federation of India, said.“The Aiba has no jurisdiction at all to issue a provisional suspension on me. It was uncalled for,” he added.
Sumariwala wondered the rational behind Aiba’s decision to provisionally suspend him.“I want to know from which event or competition I’ve been suspended. I am not taking part in any boxing competition as an official in the future. So, I am not worried at all about this suspension.
“I did not speak out earlier because that might have distracted the issue from India’s efforts to revoke Sarita Devi’s suspension. But now, it’s time for me to speak out,” Sumariwala fumed.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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