India, July 13 -- The interim committee which runs boxing said on Sunday that it would deliver the delayed Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections by the deadline of August 31 set by World Boxing, insisting that the federation's independence should not be undermined.

In a statement a day after the Indian Olympic Association said it had named a three-member committee to dissect causes for the poll delay, Col. (retd) Arun Malik, BFI executive director and member of boxing's interim panel, appeared to question IOA's intervention.

Referring to WB extending the panel's term until August end, Malik said: "At the same time, it is important to reaffirm that the autonomy of the national federation is governed by the framework laid down by the...