The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has suspended coach Kripa Shanker Patel, an Arjuna awardee, for an objectionable social media post. WFI Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar said, the forty-year old Patel will remain suspended till the disciplinary committee takes the final call on the write-up. In the September 12 post, Patel had expressed his ire at the WFI only partially endorsing tweaks made in wrestling rules by the international body governing it. The next day, Federation's President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh issued a show notice on Patel asking why he should not be banned for six years for the post. Patel's social media posts invited WFI's objections in connection with upcoming National Senior Wrestling Competition which would be held November 15 to 18.