India, April 22 -- The National Anti Doping Agency is looking to crack down on coaches and support personnel who abet doping but often get away without any punishment, HT has learned.

At the National Federation Senior Athletics Championship in Kochi on Monday, NADA dope testers asked every athlete to write the names of their coaches and doctors/physio on the doping control form before collecting samples.

The development comes in the wake of chief junior coach Ramesh Nagpuri being suspended by NADA on Saturday for 'complicity' - he allegedly helped two athletes evade dope tests in SAI centre Hyderabad.

Two more coaches -- Karamveer Singh (judo/athletics) and Rakesh (athletics) were also suspended by NADA for 'complicity' and 'administra...