Dope testing in the I-League has only been started in January 2011 with only nine of the 14 participating teams having been tested so far and a few weeks on we have the first confirmed official doping case in Indian football in Mumbai FC midfielder Nishant Mehra.
An AIFF release said:
Nishant Mehra tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol, a WADA in-competition prohibited substance, Mehra's 'B' sample, which was tested on Thursday in his presence at the National Anti-Doping Agency headquarters in New Delhi, has tested positive for the same banned substance and he will have to appear before the NADA Anti-Doping panel at a date to be decided by NADA.
Mehra has been provisionally suspended by the All India Football Federation and if things take its usual way in such a positive doping case, then Nishant Mehra could be banned for two years from playing competitive football.
The substance Tetrahydrocannabinol found in his blood is a synthetic drug found in cannabis and often used in parties, but it is not a performance enhancing drug. Still it is on the global anti doping list and could end the career of Nishant.
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