Sexual Harassment In Indian Sports

Uttar Pradesh Football Sangh secretary Mohammed Shamsuddin has been accused by a woman footballer of sexually harassing her while she was attending a 15-day camp this month in preparation for the ongoing National Championships at Golaghat in Assam.

Sports Ministry on Monday decided to launch its own probe into the allegations of sexual harassment against former women's hockey coach M K Kaushik by handing the task to its internal committee.

Suspended coach Ramesh Malhotra on Monday maintained that he never "misbehaved" with women weightlifters during his career.

Sports Minister M S Gill on Monday assured that the cases of sexual harassment that have plunged hockey and weightlifting into a moral crisis would be dealt with in a "professional and impartial way".

In a fresh development in the sex scandal that has rocked Indian Women's hockey team, Narendra Batra, Secretary Grneral of the interim body Hockey India has said that the complaints of sexual harassment against former coach M K Kaushik were credible and action must be taken on the case under the provisions of Indian Penal Code.

Stunned by allegations of sexual harassment against him, Indian women's hockey coach M K Kaushik on Wednesday said the scandal is a conspiracy hatched by players who failed to get a place in the national side.

Uttar Pradesh Football Sangh secretary Mohammed Shamsuddin has been accused by a woman footballer of sexually harassing her while she was attending a 15-day camp this month in preparation for the ongoing National Championships at Golaghat in Assam.

Sports Ministry on Monday decided to launch its own probe into the allegations of sexual harassment against former women's hockey coach M K Kaushik by handing the task to its internal committee.

Suspended coach Ramesh Malhotra on Monday maintained that he never "misbehaved" with women weightlifters during his career.

Sports Minister M S Gill on Monday assured that the cases of sexual harassment that have plunged hockey and weightlifting into a moral crisis would be dealt with in a "professional and impartial way".

In a fresh development in the sex scandal that has rocked Indian Women's hockey team, Narendra Batra, Secretary Grneral of the interim body Hockey India has said that the complaints of sexual harassment against former coach M K Kaushik were credible and action must be taken on the case under the provisions of Indian Penal Code.

Stunned by allegations of sexual harassment against him, Indian women's hockey coach M K Kaushik on Wednesday said the scandal is a conspiracy hatched by players who failed to get a place in the national side.