JKHA orders suspension to coach
Seeks initial findings of the investigation
Yash
Khajuria
JAMMU, Jan
15: Facing
embarrassment after the alleged molestation of female hockey player by a coach
of U-20 women hockey team from Jammu and Kashmir, Angad Singh, J&K Hockey
Association (JKHA) has issued suspension orders against its coach.
A day after the report carried out by media, talking to TNI, Balwinder Singh, president JKHA said, “We are trying to communicate with the officials at Hyderabad to get the exact information because he (Coach) holds a good character as far as I know and is very dedicated to sport”.
Singh said that they are waiting for the final report from the Andra Pradesh. “Association is an elected body so we cannot terminate any official until he is found guilty of allegation put on him. We have decided to keep him under suspension till we get the final reports of this episode”, Singh said.
“I have dispatched a letter to the Director General of Police Hyderabad requesting to share the initial findings of the investigation and if it goes against our Coach we will not waste a minute to take stern action against our coach”, the JKHA president said.
The coach of the Jammu and Kashmir Under-20 women's hockey team was arrested from the Delhi-bound Andhra Pradesh Express at Ramagundam in Karimnagar district yesterday by the Andhra Pradesh police for allegedly molesting some players of Punjab based on a complaint filed by some members of the Punjab hockey team. They alleged that the coach tried to molest them on a train while they were on their way to Hyderabad to participate in the ongoing U-20 National Women’s Hockey Tournament.
The coach has been charged under Sections 354 and 506 of the IPC for trying to outrage the modesty of a girl and criminal intimidation.
Pertinent to mention here that Angad Singh along with the J&K team had arrived in the city to participate in the tournament which began on January 10. The team, however, was knocked out of the tournament on Friday.
A day after the report carried out by media, talking to TNI, Balwinder Singh, president JKHA said, “We are trying to communicate with the officials at Hyderabad to get the exact information because he (Coach) holds a good character as far as I know and is very dedicated to sport”.
Singh said that they are waiting for the final report from the Andra Pradesh. “Association is an elected body so we cannot terminate any official until he is found guilty of allegation put on him. We have decided to keep him under suspension till we get the final reports of this episode”, Singh said.
“I have dispatched a letter to the Director General of Police Hyderabad requesting to share the initial findings of the investigation and if it goes against our Coach we will not waste a minute to take stern action against our coach”, the JKHA president said.
The coach of the Jammu and Kashmir Under-20 women's hockey team was arrested from the Delhi-bound Andhra Pradesh Express at Ramagundam in Karimnagar district yesterday by the Andhra Pradesh police for allegedly molesting some players of Punjab based on a complaint filed by some members of the Punjab hockey team. They alleged that the coach tried to molest them on a train while they were on their way to Hyderabad to participate in the ongoing U-20 National Women’s Hockey Tournament.
The coach has been charged under Sections 354 and 506 of the IPC for trying to outrage the modesty of a girl and criminal intimidation.
Pertinent to mention here that Angad Singh along with the J&K team had arrived in the city to participate in the tournament which began on January 10. The team, however, was knocked out of the tournament on Friday.
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