The Sports Authority of India on Thursday suspended a Project Officer-turned coach employed by it with rapid impact and ordered an enquiry after he was arrested for alleged sexual assault on a minor woman.
The accused, who’s above 50 years of age and is an athletics coach, is presently lodged in Tihar Jail underneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The SAI mentioned it has learnt {that a} coach underneath its payrolls has been arrested after an alleged incident of molesting a 13-year-old woman, reportedly on the Siri Fort Sports Complex the place he was giving her personal coaching.
“The alleged incident happened in a non-SAI premises, where the coach was imparting training to the said minor. The coach was imparting training on his own without sanction from Competent Authority,” the SAI mentioned in a press release.
“The coach has been suspended and an enquiry has been ordered with respect to breach of conduct rules by the said coach. The alleged incident is being investigated separately by the police under relevant provision of law.”
According to a SAI supply, the coach breached his service settlement on two counts — first imparting personal coaching with out taking due approval and second underneath the POCSO Act, which calls for rapid suspension of a authorities servant.
If discovered responsible underneath the POCSO Act, the coach could be punished for a most jail sentence of seven years.
