Boxing: Indian Olympic medallist quizzed over drug haul
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Indian Olympic bronze-medallist boxer Vijender Singh stands on the podium during the Commonwealth Games at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, India on Oct 13, 2010. Singh has been questioned over his alleged links to a US$24 million (S$30 million) heroin haul and has refused to give blood or hair samples, the police said on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: AP
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian Olympic bronze-medallist boxer Vijender Singh has been questioned over his alleged links to a US$24-million heroin haul and has refused to give blood or hair samples, the police said on Tuesday.
Singh, who won a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was interviewed near Chandigarh in north-west India on Monday evening after an alleged drug dealer arrested with the heroin named him and fellow boxer Ram Singh as "clients."
Vijender, 27, who became a household name in India after winning the Olympic medal, has strongly denied any link to the drug dealer and slammed as "ridiculous" the allegations against him.
