Vijender refuses samples to test for illicit drugs

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NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian Olympic boxer Vijender Singh has refused to provide blood and hair samples to establish whether he used illicit drugs linked to a police investigation of heroin worth more than $25 million confiscated from an international criminal network. "As per the procedure, in the presence of two private witnesses, he was asked for his consent for giving his blood and hair samples required for forensic examination for investigation purpose, which he refused," senior Punjab Police ...

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