NEW DELHI, Oct 23: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has suspended wrestler Sanjeev after discrepancies were found in his domicile and identity documents, according to a notice issued by the federation on Thursday.
The WFI said it had received documents from Sanjeev showing conflicting information regarding his place of birth and residence between Delhi and Haryana.
According to the notice, a birth certificate for the wrestler was issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Rohini Zone, in August 2022 — 22 years after his recorded date of birth on November 20, 2000.Within weeks, a Haryana Resident Certificate was issued to him by the state government in September 2022.Subsequently, the Regional Passport Office in Delhi issued a passport to Sanjeev in June 2023, listing Delhi as his place of birth and address, while records CRID of Haryana reflected him as a resident of Jind, Haryana. (PTI)
