Career
After appearances at the Asian Indoor Games, he came to prominence in 2010 with an unratified national record-beating throw of 20.65 metres. His test from the championships came back positive for the banned substance methylhexaneamine, however, and he was banned from competition, missing the Games. He began competing as a junior with a 6 kg implement in 2005.
He moved up into the senior ranks the following year and finished ninth at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games.
He returned to the competition two years later and his throw of 18.38 m at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games brought him a fifth-place finish. He earned himself a place in the main national team in the buildup to the 2010 in his hometown of Delhi.
However, the mark could not be ratified as the meeting did not conduct any of the necessary doping tests or have an official from the Athletics Federation of India present. He had a best mark of 19.09 m and finished runner-up behind Om Prakash Singh.
At the Indian Inter-State Championships in August he was again runner-up to Singh, but threw a more-impressive 19.91 m – eight centimetres off the winning mark.
The failed test was one of seven positive results for the drug, coming at the same time as those for discus thrower Akash Antil and six wrestlers, including Rajiv Tomar.