nepotism, by favoring their own children for a goodwill trip to Japan, and were investigated by the CBI. The Japanese Government had sponsored a Badminton tournament in Tokyo as a means of promoting Japanese culture and values amongst Asian youth. The criteria for selection was that players be between 17 and 23 years and that they should have played at the regional or state level in that country. According to the CBI, Akhilesh Das Gupta, along with other top officials such as Jitender Kochar DCBA general secretary, Harish Ahuja DCBA vice-president, Apinder Sabharwal former secretary of DCBA, Kamal Kumar Thapar former treasurer of DCBA and Harish Mittal former member, connived and had their own kin and wards posing as badminton players to be short-listed for the trip. No advertisement was published or any trial conducted for genuine badminton players. The CBI had completed the investigation and sent its report to the Sports Ministry, Government of India, but no action had been taken thus far. Death Akhilesh Das Gupta died from a heart attack on 12 April 2017 in the early morning at his residence. Extra-curricular activities Akhilesh Das Gupta presently had held many crucial portfolios on sports on the National and International fronts : President, Badminton Association of India (BAI) Chairman, Premier Badminton League (PBL) President, Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association (UPOA) Vice President, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Vice President, Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) Executive Council, Badminton World Federation (BWF) References 1961 births 2017 deaths Heads of universities and colleges in India Indian philanthropists Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Mayors of Lucknow Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Indian male badminton players Colvin Taluqdars' College alumni