Top pistol shooter Ankait Tomar was removed from the Indian contingent bound for the ISSF World Championships in Baku a week before its departure because of a "minor scuffle with a fellow shooter", said his father on Sunday.
Tomar, 21, a leading centre-fire pistol shooter in the country, came to know about his exclusion on August 7 when he did not find the details of his weapons or his name on the list of shooters leaving for Baku in Azerbaijan.
The World Championships, which commenced on August 14, will conclude on September 1. Tomar had a "minor scuffle" during the ISSF World Junior Championships in Changwon, South Korea in July and had to pay the price for it.
The shooter from Sonepat had won the team gold in 50m pistol along with Kamaljeet and Sandeep Bishnoi in Changwon. When Tomar tried to find out the reason for his exclusion from the contingent for the prestigious ongoing World Championships in Baku, the National Rifle Association (NRAI) told him that, "You have been informed that you will not be allowed to participate in any competition, till the final decision of the (NRAI) disciplinary committee is taken." Tomar pleaded with the NRAI to expedite the disciplinary committee hearing saying, "It's my future (in) question.