<p>A miffed Hockey India on Saturday has asked the Indian Olympic Association to withdraw the men’s hockey team from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games after it came to light that full-back Harbir Singh Sandhu has been denied accreditation by the organisers of the 2014 CWG.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Harbir, whose name featured in the 28-member provisional list of men’s hockey team for the Glasgow Games, has been denied accreditation for the mega-event following a UK Home Office Background Check result.<br /><br />But the decision did not go down well with the HI whose secretary general Narinder Batra on Saturday shot off a letter to newly-elected IOA president N Ramachandran and secretary general Rajiv Mehta and requested them to take up the matter with Glasgow Games organisers.<br /><br />“One of our shortlisted athletes for CWG in Glasgow has been denied visa. No reason is being given. He is a young budding athlete and our prospect for 2016 Olympics. He has travelled with the Indian team earlier on international tours,” Batra wrote in the letter.<br /><br />“I feel the IOA needs to push and take this matter forcefully with CWG otherwise it is my personal opinion that IOA, as a matter of protest, should withdraw the men’s hockey team from CWG. I will take up the issue with HI Executive Board on March 29.<br /><br />It’s an insult<br /><br />“There is no guarantee that Harbir Singh Sandhu would be in final 16 of CWG but we feel this is an insult for a budding Indian athlete and should not be accepted quietly,” Batra said in his letter.<br /><br />Harbir, 24, is a promising full-back hailing from Punjab and has been part of the Indian team in many international tours.<br /><br />The matter came to light after Commonwealth Games Associations Relations Manager, Robert Vergouw wrote a letter to Ramachandran and Mehta on March 10, informing them about the refusal of accreditation to Harbir.<br /><br />“It is with great regret that I must inform you that one of your delegation members (Harbir Singh Sandhu) has had his request for a Glasgow 2014 accreditation refused due to a UK Home Office Background Check (BGC) result,” Vergouw wrote in his communication.</p>
<p>A miffed Hockey India on Saturday has asked the Indian Olympic Association to withdraw the men’s hockey team from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games after it came to light that full-back Harbir Singh Sandhu has been denied accreditation by the organisers of the 2014 CWG.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Harbir, whose name featured in the 28-member provisional list of men’s hockey team for the Glasgow Games, has been denied accreditation for the mega-event following a UK Home Office Background Check result.<br /><br />But the decision did not go down well with the HI whose secretary general Narinder Batra on Saturday shot off a letter to newly-elected IOA president N Ramachandran and secretary general Rajiv Mehta and requested them to take up the matter with Glasgow Games organisers.<br /><br />“One of our shortlisted athletes for CWG in Glasgow has been denied visa. No reason is being given. He is a young budding athlete and our prospect for 2016 Olympics. He has travelled with the Indian team earlier on international tours,” Batra wrote in the letter.<br /><br />“I feel the IOA needs to push and take this matter forcefully with CWG otherwise it is my personal opinion that IOA, as a matter of protest, should withdraw the men’s hockey team from CWG. I will take up the issue with HI Executive Board on March 29.<br /><br />It’s an insult<br /><br />“There is no guarantee that Harbir Singh Sandhu would be in final 16 of CWG but we feel this is an insult for a budding Indian athlete and should not be accepted quietly,” Batra said in his letter.<br /><br />Harbir, 24, is a promising full-back hailing from Punjab and has been part of the Indian team in many international tours.<br /><br />The matter came to light after Commonwealth Games Associations Relations Manager, Robert Vergouw wrote a letter to Ramachandran and Mehta on March 10, informing them about the refusal of accreditation to Harbir.<br /><br />“It is with great regret that I must inform you that one of your delegation members (Harbir Singh Sandhu) has had his request for a Glasgow 2014 accreditation refused due to a UK Home Office Background Check (BGC) result,” Vergouw wrote in his communication.</p>