Badminton star Lakshya Sen is the subject of an alleged age fraud FIR: An FIR was filed in Bengaluru, and the top shuttler in India, Lakshya Sen, his family, and former national coach Vimal Kumar were all accused of age fraud and cheating.
In an FIR that was filed in Bengaluru, India’s number one shuttler Lakshya Sen, his family, and former national coach Vimal Kumar were all accused of cheating and age fraud M Goviappa Nagaraja filed the FIR on Thursday alleging that the 21-year-old Commonwealth Games champion and his brother Chirag Sen had lied about their age to get into age-group tournaments since 2010.
PTI has a copy of the complaint, which also names Sen’s father, Dhirendra, who works as a coach for the Sports Authority of India, and his mother, Nirmala, as well as Kumar, who has been coaching the pair for more than ten years.
Under the Indian Penal Code, they have been charged with cheating (Section 420), forgery (468), using a forged document as real (471), and acts done by several people with the same goal (34).
The Sen brothers, who are from Uttarakhand, train with Kumar at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bengaluru, while the complainant runs a different academy in the city.
The complainant said that Kumar and Lakshya’s parents worked together to fake Lakshya’s birth certificate in 2010. If the allegations are true, the Indian shuttler, who just won the Arjuna, will have to forego a lot of his records.
According to Kumar, who categorically denied the charges, PTI: It really annoys me. It’s inexpensive. After a break, Lakshya resumed training after a successful performance. He finds it mentally extremely upsetting.”Presently, no. Lakshya ranked sixth in the world, received the Arjuna Award on Wednesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
After losing to his compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in 2021, he won a bronze medal at the World Championships.
He also finished second in the All-England Championships and was a big part of India’s historic win in the Thomas Cup earlier this year.
In a statement, Kumar, the head coach of the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, added that the allegations were “baseless, frivolous, and made with malicious intent.”
He stated, “As all lovers of badminton are aware, age verification is the sole prerogative and responsibility of the Badminton Association of India, which is the sole governing authority for administering the game in India.”
“All players regardless of where they train generally address their particular partnered state units or the country while partaking in any homegrown or worldwide competition.
“Over the course of my 30 years as a coach, my primary goal has always been to educate our upcoming players to the best of my ability so that they can win medals for our nation based on their merit.
“As a result, I deny all of these false accusations made against me.”I do not wish to make any further remarks regarding this,” he added.
According to the complaint, Lakshya is 24 years old, but according to the Badminton Association of India, he was born on August 16, 2001, making him three years younger.
On the other hand, his older brother Chirag is 24 on his BAI ID, but he is said to be 26 (July 22, 1998).
By participating in a number of age-group tournaments, Lakshya allegedly denied several children access to high-quality badminton facilities and sponsorships, according to the complaint.
In addition, the complainant demanded legal action against the five, claiming that their family and the coach had spoiled numerous upcoming talented shuttlers in the region.
In regards to the matter, Lakshya and his family have yet to respond.
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