Deepak Bista

National Sports Council (NSC) has banned from participating in any national and international games, taekwondo player Deepak Bista, who set a record by winning gold medals four times in the South Asian Games (SAG), for going to Singapore without NSC's consent.

NSC officials and members met Tuesday evening and decided to impose a ban, initially for one year, and abandon all efforts to provide Bista with a house and a car, for going against the NSC Act.

Bista is also an employee of NSC. NSC has decided to take action against him also for being absent at work without notice.

Bista has gone to Singapore to attend a ‘Save the Mission’ meeting of Youth Olympics.

Nepal Taekwando Association (NTA) also suspended Bista from its membership and banned him from participating in any events in and outside the country for the same reason.

It has also formed a three-member panel under the leadership of NTA Treasurer Raviraj Singh to look into the issue. nepalnews.com