IOA to inquire into misuse of National Games certificates

New Delhi, June 29 (UNI) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will inquire into the alleged misuse of Guwahati National Games participation certificates which was reported by a section of the media.

''K P Singh Deo, Chairman of the Sports Commission will conduct an inquiry into the issue,'' IOA said in a statement.

Taking a serious view of the matter, IOA said in future it would devise a mechanism to ensure that there was a proper record of the certificates issued to the participants.

It said a list of participants will be displayed on the website of the IOA and the Host City of the National Games.

''As per the practice and policy during the National Games, the participation and merit certificates are issued by the hosts.

''But, the issue becomes very serious if some body can fraudulently manage to get a blank certificate and fill in names without proper authorisation and without having participated,'' the statement added.

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