New Delhi: India’s judo campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has faced another setback. A day after 73kg judoka Arun Kumar was disqualified after failing a dope test, CWG silver medalist Get up, Mother he was withdrawn from the Glasgow match after being investigated for alleged misconduct.TimesofIndia.com spoke to the President of the Judo Federation of India (JFI). Mukesh Kumarwho confirmed the development and said the matter is being looked into.Confirming the development, Kumar said: “He has not told us about his whereabouts. We are looking into this. According to the rules, an athlete must disclose his whereabouts to NADA. He did not.”“He was invited to the NADA office, he has gone there, let’s talk. Let’s see what’s coming. “But as athletes, they had to disclose their whereabouts so that the tests can be done on time,” he said.Tulika is one of India’s strongest medal hopefuls in judo at the Glasgow Games. She won a silver medal in the women’s +78kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. India’s judo competition at the 2026 Games is scheduled from July 31 to August 2.The development comes a day after 73kg Judoka Arun was declared ineligible following the findings of an out-of-competition test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).Arun had enjoyed rapid growth in recent years. He won gold at the 2023 Macau Junior Asia Cup, followed by another gold at the 2025 Taipei Asian Open and a bronze medal at the Hong Kong Asian Open. Earlier this year, he finished seventh at the prestigious Tashkent Grand Slam, qualifying for his Commonwealth Games.
When Indian athletes faced similar charges
This is not the first time that an Indian athlete has faced setbacks.A runner He Das received a 16-month suspension by NADA after recording three failures within a 12-month period (suspension from July 22, 2023, to November 21, 2025).Boxer Parveen Hooda has been suspended by the International Testing Agency (ITA) due to the current failure (suspended from April 2022 and March 2023). He was also awarded the bronze medal from 2022 Asian Games.
What is the location plan?
The system has an anti-doping law that allows officials to do random, undetected out-of-competition training for elite athletes.Athletes in the Registered Testing Pool (RTP) must submit their position information every three months via WADA’s ADAMS platform or the Athlete Central app.They must also provide a fixed time of 60 minutes each day during which they will be present at a specific location for testing.If the doping inspector visits within a one-hour window and cannot find an athlete, it can be recorded as a missed test. Failure to submit or update location information is considered a submission failure.Under the anti-doping rules, any combination of three missed or failed tests within a 12-month period is considered a doping violation and can lead to a one- or two-year ban.
