The three Indian boxers, who had alleged manipulation in the World Championships selection trials, have submitted their response to the show cause notices issued to them by the national federation and a decision on their fate will be taken by September 20.
Indian Boxing Federation president Abhishek Matoria said the trio of Arjuna awardee Dinesh Kumar (91kg), national champion Dilbag Singh (69kg) and Praveen Kumar (+91kg) have given their response to the notices. They were given time till September 15 to present their case.
“We have received their responses and now the Indian Boxing Federation’s disciplinary committee will meet and a decision on them will be taken by September 20 latest,” Matoria said.
The disciplinary panel, comprising IBF vice-presidents I.D. Nanavati and Mukharjee Nirwan and chairman of the Ring Officials Commission Narottam Singh Rawat, had its only meeting on September 4 when it issued the show cause notice.
Sources said two of the disgruntled boxers — Dinesh and Praveen — have submitted apologies for alleging bias and manipulation in the trials for the October 11 to 27 event in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Matoria, however, refused to comment on this.
“I would not say anything on whether there have been any apologies because the committee has to take a call on all this,” he said.
“The allegations are pretty serious and I just hope that they have come up with satisfactory responses because otherwise, disciplinary action would be taken,” said Matoria.