Coaches and the manager of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) were tightlipped. ``Dingko was sent back to the base (Naval base where the team is staying) and there is no way you can contact him,'' one coach offered on condition of anonymity.

At the base, none was ready to say where Dingko could be found.

NS Rawat, IABF observer said: ``Dingko has no chance of contesting in a higher category, i.e. feather weight, as National Games champion and overwhelming favourite Ramanand will be competing.''

The weighing-in was held in the morning, but the news was withheld by organisers till late in the evening. As Dingko was not scheduled to fight today nobody suspected the disqualification. In fact, Dingko lit the torch duringthe opening ceremony.

Srinivasa Rao, Suresh win

National Games gold medallist and defending champion H Srinivasa Rao of Railways and S Suresh Singh of CISF registered contrasting victories in the first round in lightfly weight category today.

Results (first round)

Light flyweight: S Vijaychandran (Kerala) lost Bhim Singh (AIP) RSC 2nd round; Rakesh Kumar (Punjab) lost H Srinivasa Rao (RSCB) RSC 1st round; M Mathivanan (TN) bt Keshav Chettri (Meghalaya) RSC 1st round; Rosema Crony (SSCB) bt Girish Pawar (Mah) 29-17; Ramesh Sahare (MP) bt Lalneih Tallnga (Mizoram) 5-0 5th round; Babul Gorh (Assam) bt Vinod Kumar (HP) 4-1 5th round; S Suresh Singh (CISF) bt Robert Z Thanga (SSCB) 5-0 5th round; Nirma Kalai (Tripura) lost to Kabi R Gouda (Orissa) K.O 1st round.

Flyweight: K Chinglen Singh (Manipur) lost Arvind Panavle (Mah) RSC 4th round; NK Venu (Kerala) lost Rosan Blura (Mizoram) 42-6 5th round; KM Pradhan (Assam Rifles) lost Sandeep Sharma (Har) 32-10 5th round.