Sports is the not the only field where sportsmen are found guilty of using performance enhancing drugs. In probably first of its kind case, youth participating in the Army recruitment drive at Hisar district, Haryana, have been caught consuming banned drugs to boost their performance.
In an early morning raid by the officials of the military intelligence, as many as 150 youth participating in the recruitment drive were caught consuming performance-boosting banned drugs. The Army officials, who raided at Mahabir Stadium where these youth were camping, caught around 20 youngsters with various kinds of banned drugs and syringes in their possession. A large number of energy-boosting drugs were also recovered from them.
Military intelligence sources said they raided the stadium around 4 am as it was the time the aspirants consume drugs to boost their performance in physical tests, scheduled a few hours later.
Some aspirants were found in possession of a white powder-like substance. The drug was handed over to the police for examination in its forensic laboratory. The Hisar police has ruled out that the substance to be narcotic drug.
Use of energy boosters and performance-enhancing drugs is strictly banned as this could lead to recruitment of physically unfit persons in the Army. Such recruits would seriously risk their own life during training.
The use of dope on this large scale for clearing the physical tests has been detected for the first time.