Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh booked for sexual harassment, resigns

By Express News Service

CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Police has booked Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh, who can also be an Olympian, for allegedly sexually harassing, outraging the modesty, stalking, illegally confining, and prison intimidating a junior athletics coach in Haryana.

Singh has resigned from his put up and dismissed the allegations as an try to spoil his picture.

Sources mentioned that the junior coach in her criticism had alleged that Sandeep Singh used to ship her messages on Instagram and Snapchat, and on July 1, the minister had allegedly made a Snapchat name and requested her to go to his official residence in Sector 7 in Chandigarh for verification of paperwork. It was round 6.50 pm on the day when she went to his camp workplace at his official residence the place he allegedly molested her.

She additional alleged that she managed to expire of the room and her t-shirt was additionally torn within the course of.

A case on fees of assault or prison drive to a lady with intent to outrage her modesty, sexual harassment, assault or prison drive to a lady with the intent of disrobing, wrongful confinement, and prison intimidation has been registered towards Sandeep Singh, who can also be the previous Indian hockey workforce captain, at Sector 26 police station yesterday evening.

A spokesperson for Chandigarh police mentioned, “In the matter of criticism made by a lady coach of Haryana towards the Haryana Sports Minister, a case beneath sections 354, 354A, 354B, 342, 506 of the IPC has been registered on the Sector 26 police station of Chandigarh and is being investigated.’’ She had lately met and submitted the criticism to the Superintendent of Police (City) Shruti Arora and later met Senior Superintendent of Police of Chandigarh (Union Territory) Manisha Chaudhary together with Arora. The lady reportedly interacted with the 2 officers for not less than an hour.

She has alleged that Sandeep Singh had first seen her at a fitness center after which contacted her on Instagram. The coach claimed that the MLA from Pehowa in Kurukshetra saved insisting that they meet.

“He messaged me on Instagram and said my national games certificate is pending and wanted to meet in this regard. Unfortunately, my certificate has been misplaced by my federation and I have been taking it up with the authorities concerned,” the lady had mentioned.

She, in response to her criticism, agreed to satisfy Sandeep Singh at his residence-cum-camp workplace right here with another paperwork she had.

When she went there, the minister molested her, she mentioned. “He took me to a side cabin of his residence, placed my documents on the side table and placed his hand on my foot. He said when he saw me for the first time, he liked me. He said you keep me happy and I will keep you happy,” the lady alleged.

“I removed his hand – he even tore my T-shirt. I was crying and I raised an alarm for help and though all his staff was there, no one helped me,” she had alleged.

Singh, who gave up his sports activities portfolio at the moment, mentioned he has taken this step on ethical grounds. “I hand over the responsibility of the sports department to the Chief Minister until the report of the investigation comes out. I hope there will be a thorough investigation into the false allegations levelled against me. As there has been an attempt to spoil my image.”

Leader of Opposition and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has additionally demanded an neutral inquiry into the matter.

Meanwhile, the Haryana Director General of Police PK Agrawal has constituted a three-member committee to conduct an in-depth inquiry into the matter.

The committee is headed by Mamta Singh, Additional Director General of Police of Rohtak Range, in addition to Sumer Partap Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police of Panchkula, and Raj Kumar Kaushik, Assistant Commissioner of Police of  Panchkula.

(With PTI inputs)

CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Police has booked Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh, who can also be an Olympian, for allegedly sexually harassing, outraging the modesty, stalking, illegally confining, and prison intimidating a junior athletics coach in Haryana.

Singh has resigned from his put up and dismissed the allegations as an try to spoil his picture.

Sources mentioned that the junior coach in her criticism had alleged that Sandeep Singh used to ship her messages on Instagram and Snapchat, and on July 1, the minister had allegedly made a Snapchat name and requested her to go to his official residence in Sector 7 in Chandigarh for verification of paperwork. It was round 6.50 pm on the day when she went to his camp workplace at his official residence the place he allegedly molested her.

She additional alleged that she managed to expire of the room and her t-shirt was additionally torn within the course of.

A case on fees of assault or prison drive to a lady with intent to outrage her modesty, sexual harassment, assault or prison drive to a lady with the intent of disrobing, wrongful confinement, and prison intimidation has been registered towards Sandeep Singh, who can also be the previous Indian hockey workforce captain, at Sector 26 police station yesterday evening.

A spokesperson for Chandigarh police mentioned, “In the matter of criticism made by a lady coach of Haryana towards the Haryana Sports Minister, a case beneath sections 354, 354A, 354B, 342, 506 of the IPC has been registered on the Sector 26 police station of Chandigarh and is being investigated.’’ She had lately met and submitted the criticism to the Superintendent of Police (City) Shruti Arora and later met Senior Superintendent of Police of Chandigarh (Union Territory) Manisha Chaudhary together with Arora. The lady reportedly interacted with the 2 officers for not less than an hour.

She has alleged that Sandeep Singh had first seen her at a fitness center after which contacted her on Instagram. The coach claimed that the MLA from Pehowa in Kurukshetra saved insisting that they meet.

“He messaged me on Instagram and said my national games certificate is pending and wanted to meet in this regard. Unfortunately, my certificate has been misplaced by my federation and I have been taking it up with the authorities concerned,” the lady had mentioned.

She, in response to her criticism, agreed to satisfy Sandeep Singh at his residence-cum-camp workplace right here with another paperwork she had.

When she went there, the minister molested her, she mentioned. “He took me to a side cabin of his residence, placed my documents on the side table and placed his hand on my foot. He said when he saw me for the first time, he liked me. He said you keep me happy and I will keep you happy,” the lady alleged.

“I removed his hand – he even tore my T-shirt. I was crying and I raised an alarm for help and though all his staff was there, no one helped me,” she had alleged.

Singh, who gave up his sports activities portfolio at the moment, mentioned he has taken this step on ethical grounds. “I hand over the responsibility of the sports department to the Chief Minister until the report of the investigation comes out. I hope there will be a thorough investigation into the false allegations levelled against me. As there has been an attempt to spoil my image.”

Leader of Opposition and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has additionally demanded an neutral inquiry into the matter.

Meanwhile, the Haryana Director General of Police PK Agrawal has constituted a three-member committee to conduct an in-depth inquiry into the matter.

The committee is headed by Mamta Singh, Additional Director General of Police of Rohtak Range, in addition to Sumer Partap Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police of Panchkula, and Raj Kumar Kaushik, Assistant Commissioner of Police of  Panchkula.

(With PTI inputs)