Multiple-time national champion swimmer Arjun Muralidharan has been handed a two-year ban by National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel after testing positive for stimulant Methylhexaneamine during the All India Police Aquatics Championships in March.
The Panel imposed a sanction of two-year ban on Muralidharan, starting October 25, a NADA source told PTI.
"Arjun has been handed a two-year ban. He can appeal to National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel," the source said.
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His biggest international achievement came at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games at Bendigo, Australia, where he won a bronze medal in the 200 butterfly. He has also won several titles at South Asian Games. His last international medal came in South Asian Games in Dhaka where he won a gold in 100m butterfly.
His brother Amar Muralidharan was also handed a two-year ban by the same panel in November last year after testing positive for the same stimulant, Methylhexaneamine.