The minister, nevertheless, has dismissed the cost as baseless and has referred to as for an impartial probe
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Police have booked Haryana Sports activities Minister Sandeep Singh on costs of sexual harassment and wrongful confinement on the grievance of a girl coach, police mentioned on Sunday.
The FIR towards the BJP chief, who can be a former Indian hockey crew captain, was filed on Saturday, they mentioned.
“Within the matter of grievance made by a woman coach of Haryana towards Sports activities Minister Haryana, a case FIR dated 31.12.2022 beneath Sections 354, 354A, 354B, 342, 506 of the IPC has been registered at Police Station Sector 26, Chandigarh, and is being investigated,” a police spokesperson mentioned.
A junior athletics coach from the state had on Thursday give you allegations of sexual harassment towards the minister and filed a police grievance a day later.
The girl was allegedly harassed by Sandeep Singh at his residence-cum-camp workplace in Chandigarh, the place she had gone to fulfill him for some official work.
The minister, nevertheless, has dismissed the cost as baseless and has referred to as for an impartial probe.
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