Indian weightlifting federation

Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli: Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Achinta Sheuli has been thrown out of national camp at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) in Patiala for gross indiscipline as he allegedly attempted to break into the women's hostel premises in the middle of the night.

The Sports Authority of India (SAI), which runs the NIS Patiala campus, had to take drastic action against the 22-year-old, who won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg weightlifting at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022, as he caught on Thursday night while trying to break into the women's hostel.

Sheuli, who is in Patiala preparing for the Paris Olympic Games, was caught by the alert guards as he scaled the boundary wall and tried to sneak into the women's hostel.