WFI should hand over all documents to ad-hoc panel, says IOA
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has asked the secretary general of WFI to hand over the official documents including financial instruments to its ad-hoc panel, making it clear the outgoing office bearers shall have no role in the running of the federation.
The WFI said it has no issues in obeying the IOA order since they were already co-operating with the authorities.
An IOA official, though, has made it clear that the move should not be seen as dissolution of the Federation.
"Once the elections will be held, the administrative powers will go back to the WFI. The newly elected officials will run the show. It's just a temporary move that ad-hoc is managing the affairs of the Federation," the official told PTI.
The IOA had formed an ad-hoc committee to manage the day-to-day affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and also conduct due polls of the NSF.
The ad-hoc committee was formed by the IOA at the behest of the Sports Ministry after several top wrestlers returned