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The 20-year-old javelin thrower is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion.
The IOA shot off a letter to the Sports Ministry, asking how these four officials and support staff were included in the contingent without being recommended by it.
The Indian U-20 football team stunned traditional giants Argentina despite being reduced to 10 men in a pulsating contest.
Some Indian stalwarts, who have carved a niche for themselves in their chosen discipline, will be watching the action from home due to different reasons.
The IOA wrote to all the National Sports Federation (NSF)s, whose athletes are scheduled to compete in the Asian Games, to submit a medical assessment report by August 10.
The missive comes in the wake of the embarrassment that the country's contingent faced during the Commonwealth Games earlier this year.
The All India Council of Sports president Vijay Kumar Malhotra also asked the Army Medical Service to extend facilities to sportspersons.
The IOA stuck to its earlier criteria of picking athletes - top six in individual events and top eight in team sports - after a meeting of its Core Committee and Legal Committee.
The sports ministry on Wednesday urged the IOA to relax selection norms in specific cases 'in the larger interest of the sports and sportspersons' after concerns were raised by various athletes and teams that have missed the cut.