NADA suspends top Indian athlete for using banned substance

New Delhi, May 24: A top Indian athlete has been handed a provisional suspension by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) after testing positive for banned performance enhancing substance meldonium.

Talking to a news channel, NADA Director General Naveen Agarwal said that the athlete was handed the provisional suspension on Monday but refused to disclose the athlete's name.

He, however, disclosed that over 20 syringes of the



banned substance were found in the athlete's hostel room at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NIS) in Patiala.

The athlete was memebr of the Indian squad at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Incheon Asian Games in 2014. 

According to Agarwal, NADA has told the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to ask the athlete to leave the national camp currently underway at NIS, Patiala, until he can prove his innocence.