India, July 10 -- A boxing coach has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting four minors during training sessions at the Ramhlun Sports Complex in Mizoram's Aizawl, police said on Thursday.

"The accused was produced before the court and is being held at Aizawl's central jail," a duty officer at Aizawl's All Women police station said. The coach, Lalthlengliana, was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

Family members of four sub-junior female boxers, who represented Mizoram at the National Boxing Championships recently held in Haryana's Rohtak, lodged a complaint with the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in Aizawl on Tuesday. The coach was arrested hours later.

The complainants alleged that the...