A girl worker on the All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) headquarters right here has lodged a “verbal” grievance of “harassment” towards a male colleague, in keeping with a supply within the nationwide physique. The girl is, nevertheless, but to press a proper cost. Nonetheless, the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the AIFF met on Tuesday to debate the matter the place she sought time earlier than continuing any additional along with her grievance. “She made a verbal complaint and despite she not doing it in writing and not pressing for charges, the ICC escalated the matter and the committee met to discuss the issue. She has sought time to decide on whether to press charges or not,” an AIFF supply instructed PTI.

“At this point in time, we don’t even know what is the nature of charges or harassment. The ICC will submit a report in a few days,” stated he added.

In January, the AIFF constituted the Internal Complaints Committee below the supply of Chapter II (4.1) of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013.

The AIFF has been stricken by controversies of late with accusations of corruption towards its President Kalyan Chaubey.

Compounding its distress was the nationwide males’s staff’s stunning loss to an under-strength Afghanistan in a 2026 World Cup qualifying match on Tuesday in Guwahati.

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