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Haryana Sports Minister have resigned from his post today after FIR was loged against him. Sandeep Singh summitted his resignation letter while asking for an independent probe into allegations of sexual harassments against him in Chandigarh.
While talking about the problem Sandeep singh said that allegations against him are manipulated and he has finally decided to leave the post of State’s Sport’s minister. Chandigarh Police has registered FIR against Sandeep Singh in sector 26 police station on the complaint of a junior coach in Haryana sports department who alleged sexual harassments.
The FIR was registered by a junior athletics coach. in the matter of Sexual harassments, the minister is no longer the State’s sport’s minister However, he has not resigned from the Cabinet. Former captain of the Indian national hockey team, Sandeep Singh has rubbished the charges as “politically motivated”.
“I hope there will be a thorough investigation into the false allegations levelled against me. I hand over the responsibility of the Sports department to the CM until the report of the investigation comes out,” he told the media here.
The former Olympian has been booked under IPC Section 354 which pertains to assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, 354 A (sexual harassment), 354 B (compelling her to be naked), 342 (wrongful confinement), and 506 (criminal intimidation).
The coach claimed that the MLA from Pehowa in Kurukshetra kept 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 woman had said. She, according to her complaint, agreed to meet Sandeep Singh at his residence-cum-camp office here with some other documents she had. When she went there, the minister molested her, she said.
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