Controversy mars mountain bike meet

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Controversy mars mountain bike meet Ravi Dhaliwal
Patiala, October 18The 5th Hercules MTB National Mountain Bike Championship was marred by controversy with the organisers filing a written complaint with the local police against one of the affiliated units of the Cycling Federation of India (CFI) .
In their complaint filed with the Anandpur Sahib police station, the organisers have alleged that the manager of the Chandigarh Cycling Association (CCA), an affiliate of the CFI, provoked some parents of competitors to hurl abuses at them and the federation secretary Mr J.S. Grewal when the events were being conducted in the morning.
The manager, Mr Rakesh Mohindru, could be seen openly provoking parents to indulge in hooliganism which proved to be an impediment in the smooth success of the events on the concluding day today.
Mr Rajeev Kakkar, father of a participant Rohan Kakkar who stood second in one lap point to point cross country time trial event (u-16), went to Mr Grewal and started to shower the choicest Punjabi expletives on him.
He was being egged on by Mr Mohindru whose intention, it seemed, was to stop the day’s proceedings.
An enraged Mr Grewal then asked the officials to submit a written complaint to the police. However, even as the police were dilly-dallying on whether to register a FIR on basis of the complaint, a compromise was reached.
This unsavoury incident left a bad taste in the mouths of the spectators, organisers and the parents. Mr Grewal later said that he would seek the disaffiliation of the CCA from the CFI at the next general house meeting of the federation.
If this was not enough yet another unsavoury incident occurred when a Chandigarh cyclist, who apparently fell while negotiating a sharp bend near the starting line, claimed that he was pulled down by a Punjab rider. Officials accompanying the Punjab contingent alleged that a Chandigarh rider Karan Claire had deliberately positioned himself on the course and was trying to trip Punjab cyclists.
The organisers got hold of him and he was promptly handed over to the local police on the directions of the secretary of the CFI.
However, the Chandigarh squad were quick to wash their hands off the incident by claiming that Karan Claire had already been disqualified by their manager, Mr Ravinder Singh.
Meanwhile, Jagdeep Singh of Punjab gave a good performance to be placed first in the time trial cross country event for boys (u-16). He was given a tough fight by Chandigarh’s Rohan Kakkar and the champ was separated from the challenger once after he drove with tremendous conviction in the home stretch.
Results: 1 lap time trial cross country (girls, u-16): Arshi (Haryana)-1, Mahita Mohan (Kerala)- 2, Radhika Bisht (Chandigarh)-3. (Boys): Jagdeep Singh (Punjab)-1, Rohan Kakkar (Chandigarh)-2, Rahul Anand (Chandigarh)-3. 4 lap mass start , girls, u-16: Mahantesh Kaparati (Karnataka)-1, Kamal Preet Sharma (Punjab)-2, Mahesh Mane (Maharashtra)-3.
Team championship: men: Chandigarh; women: Punjab.