Published Fri, May 14 10 09:26 PM
New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Foreign officials and journalists continued to get rough treatment from the police in the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships here when the cops toady stopped official photographer of the Iranian team from entering players'' arena and heckled him. Ali Kaveh, sporting a valid accreditation card, was trying to facilitate an interaction between some Indian scribes and the high-profile Iranian coach Mohammed Bana. Although Kaveh''s accreditation card gives him access to the wrestling arena, hospitality lounge and press area, some senior police officials not only stopped him but also pushed him out of the athletes'' preparation arena. The incident happened a day after the world wrestling body FILA president Raphael Martinetti was made to run around to find the exit gate at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports Complex, a venue of the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games, here. Kaveh was naturally disappointed after the incident. "I have travelled with the team to many international events including the Olympics and have never faced such harassment," Kaveh said. FILA president Martinetti had also warned that if India wished to host a successful Commonwealth Games, this type of mismanagement had to come to an end.
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