Hry: Coach booked for sexually assaulting nat'l-level shooter
Gurugram, Jan. 8 -- Haryana Police have booked a shooting coach for allegedly sexually assaulting an 18-year-old national-level woman shooter at a hotel in Faridabad last month, following a detailed complaint filed by the athlete's family, officers said, adding the victim was a minor at the time. An FIR has been registered on Tuesday, and an investigation is underway, including efforts to secure CCTV footage and record witness statements, they added.
According to the FIR, the alleged incident took place on December 16 after the athlete participated in a shooting competition at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Academy in New Delhi. The complaint states that the coach asked the shooter to meet him in the lobby of a hotel in Surajkund, Faridabad, where he was staying, to analyse her performance.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case on Tuesday at the Women's Police Station, NIT Faridabad, under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Section 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, as the athlete was a minor at the time of the alleged offence. Police said the accused, one of 13 national pistol coaches appointed by National Rifle Association of India, has neither been detained nor issued a notice so far. An officer added that the concerned sports federation has also not been informed yet. The family alleged that although the athlete was initially told to remain in the lobby, she was later pressured to go to the coach's room under the pretext of a more focused discussion, police said. Inside the room, the coach allegedly sexually assaulted her despite resistance, the FIR states.
The complaint further alleges that the coach threatened to ruin her career and harm her family if she disclosed the incident. The athlete reportedly left the hotel in a state of shock and later informed her family....
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