bengaluru reigning u17 national badminton doubles champion mithula uk was among five players deemed ineligible to compete in the badminton asia junior u15 u17 championships with the badminton association of india stating that they were found overage for the event to be held in indonesia from october 59karnataka girl mithula along with m meiraba manipur lakshya sen uttarakhand k jagadish and pavan krishna both andhra pradesh are the others mithulas statemate and regular partner ashwini bhat although eligible also lost out on an opportunity to play in the kudus meetwe were shocked when bai told us on friday that our daughter was overage said mithulas father umakanth stating that he had documents to prove she was 16 years old but was unable to reason with the federation their decision has been taken based on medical tests conducted in a government hospital in lucknow in june to confirm her age ahead of the u19 asian championships mithula was cleared to play in that event but the association didnt give us any reports or tell us what methods of testing were employed at that time he said adding that the family has been waiting in new delhi for three days for an age test at the all india institute of medical scienceswith the sports authority of india cracking down on age fraud in the junior levels tests before major tournaments have become a regular feature as far as issues regarding age are concerned bai cannot and will not interfere with our medical boards findings said federation president akhilesh das gupta however bai is always for the players if there is a test conducted by an institution like aiims and any discrepancy is found we will take up the matter and ensure justice is done he saida karnataka badminton association source questioned the manner in which the national federation went about the issue we are against age fraud but there has to be transparency in any procedure if tests were conducted on these players in june and all records are available why didnt the federation make these results public why were these kids called to the camp and dropped at the last minutethis has happened in the past with a few players seeking legal recourse subsequently to continue playing or have undertaken private medical tests to clear their names the source said