In May 2022 the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the powerlifter Allen Kanagaraj Joseph after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substances Mephentermine and Phentermine. Following notification a provisional suspension was ordered.
Thereupon the Athlete was heard for the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of India (ADDPI). He denied that he had committed an anti-doping rule violation, nor that he had used prohibited substances.
The Panel finds that the presence of the prohibited substances has been established in the Athlete's sample and accordingly that he committed an anti-doping rule violation. The Panel deems that he failed to demonstrate how the substances had entered his system.
Therefore the ADDPI Panel decides on 14 February 2023 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 31 May 2022.
