IHF suspends Daljit Singh Chouhan

MUMBAI: The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) has unanimously decided to suspend Convener of the Mumbai Hockey Association's (MHA) Umpiring Committee, Daljit Singh Chouhan for three years and has also stripped him off his National Umpires' Badge with immediate effect.
According to the IHF, Chouhan had tried to sabotage the IHF-conducted senior hockey nationals for men held at Churchgate's Mahindra Stadium between May 21 and 28, 2012.
It was alleged that Chouhan, despite being the Convener of MHA's Umpires' Committee, had threatened officials to not officiate in the tournament. The matter was reported to the IHF, which had sought an explanation from Chouhan. Despite a couple of reminders, Chouhan did not reply.
IHF's executive committee which has taken an extremely serious view of this matter, then decided to unanimously hand out the suspension when the committee met in the Capital on June 17.