Dropped from Act, sports ministry wants to criminalise dope offenders

JUST the other day World Anti-Doping Agency chief Witold Banka reminded sports firmament that when it comes to performance enhancing drugs and illegal steroids, India leads the pack.

- INDRANEEL DAS

Days later, Indian athletes topped charts of the Athletics Integrity Unit’s (World Athletics’ anti-doping watchdog) charts as the biggest offenders of doping in the world.

While speaking at the Global Anti-Doping Intelligence and Investigations Network Final Conference, Banka said that the priority of Indian authorities should be to target the supply chains. There were meetings with CBI officials and there was an agreement reached to engage with INTERPOL to crackdown on these supply chains.