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Weightlifter Monica Devi was on Tuesday withdrawn from the Indian squad for Beijing [Images] Olympic [Images] Games hours before she was to board the flight to the Chinese capital for failing a dope test hours, sources said.

Monica tested positive for anabolic salt in a test conducted on June 29, the sources said.

A silver medal winner in the 69kg category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games [Images] in Melbourne, Monika Devi had been unanimously selected by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) ahead of Shailaja Pujari for Beijing.

The IWF had then said that her selection was based on a trial in Bangalore, resting all allegations of bribery in the selection.

Monika won a silver and two bronze in the Asian Championships in Japan [Images] in April-May earlier this year to help book the berth for India.

She was among the three women from her state � besides archer L. Bombayla Devi and judoka K. Tombi Devi � in the Indian squad at Beijing.