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Using Aadhaar cards, WFI catches 125 age defaulters
The New Indian Express Vellore
|June 06, 2026
AADHAAR seems to have become an effective tool for Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to verify age of wrestlers.
The federation has disqualified around 125 freestyle men wrestlers a day before the commencement of the 2026 U17 Open Ranking National Tournament in Nandini Nagar, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh) on Friday. These wrestlers registered themselves for the tournament but failed the age test during the verification process usually held a day before the competition in a particular style.
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