Sandeep Singh
Haryana sports minister Sandeep Singh faces harassment case after coach's complaint
Chandigarh/IBNS: The Chandigarh Police Sunday registered a sexual harassment and criminal intimidation case against Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh, based on a complaint by a junior athletics coach on Friday.
The minister had earlier dismissed the allegations as baseless and called for an independent investigation.
The woman earlier held a press conference at the office of the opposition party Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), which demanded that the Manohar Lal Khattar government immediately sack Sandeep Singh.
She also demanded setting up a Special Investigation Team to probe the matter.
The complainant has also demanded security.
Senior Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had also demanded an impartial inquiry into the matter.
The complainant said Singh had first seen her at a gym and then contacted her on Instagram.
The minister later kept insisting that they meet up, she said.
"He messaged me on Instagram and said my national games certificate is pending and wanted to meet in this regard," she added.
"Unfortunately, my certificate has been misplaced by my federation and I have been taking it up with the authorities concerned."
The woman said she finally agreed to meet him at his residence-cum-camp office here with some other documents she had and alleged that when she went there, the minister indulged in sexual misconduct.
Sandeep Singh, a sitting BJP MLA from Pehowa in Kurukshetra, is also a professional field hockey player and was the captain of the Indian national hockey team.
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