aurangabad the ongoing subjunior national kurash championship being held at nanded got mired in controversy when the team manager of kerala alleged discrimination against his playersthe manager who was allegedly manhandled at the venue said players from kerala were kept out of fixture until the protest was registeredkurash association of india kai affiliated to international kurash association ika is conducting the subjunior national championship for boys and girls the threeday event that will conclude on sunday has witnessed participation of teams from across the countryspeaking with toi over phone from kochi joint secretary of kerala kurash association tesney varghese said the kai general secretary ravi kapoor did not allow players from her state to participate in the championship for no valid reasonthe general secretary of our state association has been recently picked up as an international referee by the world body looking after kurash at a global level the development has not gone down well with kapoor who tried to vent his anger by troubling our players for no valid reasons she saidthe players were not weighted as a prerequisite of the championship after reaching the venue for a long time we have an entry each in under15 and under12 category in boys category while we faced difficulties in getting both boys weighed more trouble was ahead as names of two other players were missing from the draw crew members that also included parents were shocked to see such blunder kapoor did not respond to calls made to him varghese saidfollowing the drama and strong protest the kerala team was made part of the fixtureour team manager was beaten while registering the protest all such negativity and hostile atmosphere had adverse impact on the psyche of our players during crucial game varghese saidwhen contacted kapoor shared a video as proof that kerala players were allowed to take part in the championship he however refused to comment on why a team was denied entry till the last minuteregarding the manhandling of one of the crew members kapoor said the person was trying come in play area when other game was on