Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation

The Indian Olympic Association, on Monday, dissolved the ad-hoc committee appointed to run the daily affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India after a newly elected body took charge of the governing body in December last year.

This development comes just over a month after the United World Wrestling revoked the suspension of Wrestling Federation of India.

The ad-hoc committee had conducted the men’s and women’s national trials to finalise the Indian team for the upcoming Asian Wrestling Championships and the World Olympic qualifiers earlier in the month.

“The decision to dissolve the Adhoc Committee comes in light of the lifting of the ban on the Wrestling Federation of India by the United World Wrestling and the successful completion of Selection Trials by the Adhoc Committee appointed by the IOA as per the directives of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi,” a release from the Indian Olympic Association read.

The dismissal of the ad-hoc committee means that Sanjay Singh, who was elected as the President of the federation, will now control the wrestling in India.

The IOA had appointed an three-member ad-hoc committee to run the daily affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India after the newly elected executive committee led by Singh had flouted some rules.

Singh is allegedly a close aide to the former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan...

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