Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen was taken to court for age fraud. According to Indian media reports, India's No. 1 men's singles Lakshya Sen was recently charged by the court for age fraud, and the Indian police have also launched an operation and are still waiting for the results of the investigation.

Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen was taken to court for age fraud

Lakshya Sen's parent, coach Kumar, has also been criminally prosecuted for allegedly forging the birth certificates of Lakshya Sen's brothers. They falsified the age of the Lakshya Sen brothers so that they could compete in the badminton junior category since 2010. The incident stemmed from a report two years ago in which the whistleblower pointed out that Lakshya Sen had changed her age in her personal profile. Lakshya Sen was originally born on August 16, 1998, but it was changed to 2001, and the date of birth was delayed by three years. If true, Lakshya Sen is not 23 years old now, but 26 years old.

In India, it is illegal to amend birth data. Previously, India had revealed that a number of top badminton junior players were suspected of age fraud, changing their age to a younger age in order to gain an advantage in the same age group. Lakshya Sen, currently ranked 10th in the world, performed well at last year's Paris Olympics and reached the men's singles semi-finals, and is regarded as a future star in the badminton world. If the age fraud charge is finally convicted, Lakshya Sen is very likely to face a ban from the BWF, and his badminton career will be clouded.