WFI row: IOA forms 3-member ad hoc committee

Days after the newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) was suspended by the Union sports ministry, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) formed an ad hoc panel to supervise WFI's day-to-day affairs.

The body was suspended after newly-elected WFI president Sanjay Kumar Singh announced on December 21 that U-15 and U-20 nationals will be held in Uttar Pradesh before the end of the year. Reports said it did not give the wrestlers sufficient notice. Sports ministry's official release said the WFI showed "complete disregard for the existing rules and regulations".

Wushu Association of India president Bhupinder Singh Bajwa will be the chairman of the panel with hockey Olympian M.M. Somaya and former international shuttler Manjusha Kanwar being the other two members.