Explained: Who is Narinder Batra, the once all-powerful sports administrator now in CBI net? | Explained News,The Indian Express

Narinder Batra is a fascinating and complex personality. He has had an influence on several sporting bodies. So, how did things go wrong for him?

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) website has a comprehensive profile of Narinder Batra.

It lists Batra’s diverse business interests — in hospitals, hospitality, education, exports, commodities, home furnishings, home appliances manufacturing, automobile dealerships, automobile components manufacturing, transport, LPG & petrol tankers, special trucks, transport vehicles, etc.

The Batras, the website says, also own gas stations, petrol pumps, and a solar power plant — and have also won a bid for a private sea port in Gujarat.

Apart from these, Batra, of course, happens to be the most powerful and influential Indian sports administrator of recent times. The former hockey player from Jammu had a presence across the sports spectrum and, at the zenith of his power, was the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), International Hockey Federation (FIH), as well as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Batra quit all three posts on Monday, the day the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a case against him for alleged misappropriation of funds.

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