The complainant stated Mr Singh had first seen her at a gymnasium after which contacted her on Instagram.
New Delhi:
The Chandigarh police immediately registered a sexual harassment and felony intimidation case in opposition to Haryana Sports activities Minister Sandeep Singh, based mostly on a criticism by a junior athletics coach on Friday. The minister had earlier dismissed the allegations as baseless and known as for an unbiased probe.
The lady held a press convention on the workplace of the opposition celebration Indian Nationwide Lok Dal (INLD), which has demanded that the Manohar Lal Khattar authorities instantly sack Sandeep Singh and arrange a Particular Investigation Group to probe the matter.
The complainant has additionally demanded safety.
Senior Congress chief and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had additionally demanded an neutral inquiry into the matter.
The complainant stated Mr Singh had first seen her at a gymnasium after which contacted her on Instagram.
The minister later stored insisting that they meet up, she stated. “He messaged me on Instagram and stated my nationwide video games certificates is pending and needed to satisfy on this regard,” she added.
“Sadly, my certificates has been misplaced by my federation and I’ve been taking it up with the authorities involved.”
The lady stated she lastly agreed to satisfy him at his residence-cum-camp workplace right here with another paperwork she had, and alleged that when she went there, the minister indulged in sexual misconduct.
Sandeep Singh, sitting BJP MLA from Pehowa in Kurukshetra, can also be an expert area hockey participant, and was the captain of the Indian nationwide hockey workforce.
A biopic was launched based mostly on Mr Singh in 2018, titled ‘Soorma’, through which in style Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh performed his function. He was additionally a decide on the truth TV present MTV Roadies.
He rose to fame after a miraculous restoration from a gun shot wound when he was 20. Mr Singh was by chance shot by an assistant sub-inspector of the Railways Police Pressure, on board a prepare to Delhi, simply two days earlier than the 2007 Hockey World Cup, rendering him paralysed from the waist down for a 12 months.
