Vijender Singh will be punished if found guilty: Sports Minister
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Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today said that appropriate action will be taken against Olympic bronze-medallist Vijender Singh only if the boxer is found guilty in the drug scandal that has rocked Indian boxing.
"At this point of time the investigation is going on by the Punjab Police. When the conclusion comes and somebody is implicated or chargesheeted, we will definitely take action," said Singh.
"The guilty will be punished but that is the matter of Punjab Police. Investigation is being done by the Punjab Police," he added.
The Punjab Police is likely to question the Olympic bronze medalist on Monday. Highly placed sources in the police said Vijender will be questioned either at the Haryana Police headquarters in Panchkula or the Punjab Police headquarters in Chandigarh. Sources said Vijender had contacted the Punjab Police through Haryana Police officials and agreed to being questioned.
Super heavyweight pugilist Ram Singh have already been expelled from the National Institute of Sports after admitting to consuming contraband.
Ram, a former national championships medallist, has admitted to experimenting with drugs along with Vijender, who has denied the allegations.
Their names cropped up after the unearthing of heroin worth Rs 130 crore from Fatehgarh Sahib at an NRI Anoop Singh Kahlon's flat. An SUV registered in the name of Vijender's wife was found outside the flat during the police raid.
Vijender, a former world number one, gave India its first Olympic medal in boxing when he clinched a bronze in the 2008 Games. Besides, he is an Asian Games gold-medallist and a multiple-time Commonwealth Games medallist.
Considered the poster boy of Indian boxing, Vijender has stated that he is not involved in the scandal and does not know the alleged drug peddler caught by the police.
Earlier, Ram claimed that the Vijender consumed drugs with him on a few occasions but insisted that the duo mistook the contraband for food supplements. Ram was Vijender's roommate at the NIS.
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