Chandigarh Police have booked Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh on prices of sexual harassment and wrongful confinement on the criticism of a girl coach, police stated on Sunday.

The FIR in opposition to the BJP chief, who can be a former Indian hockey workforce captain, was filed on Saturday, they stated.

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“In the matter of complaint made by a lady coach of Haryana against Sports Minister Haryana, a case FIR dated 31.12.2022 under Sections 354, 354A, 354B, 342, 506 of the IPC has been registered at Police Station Sector 26, Chandigarh, and is being investigated,” a police spokesperson stated.

A junior athletics coach from the state had on Thursday give you allegations of sexual harassment in opposition to the minister and filed a police criticism a day later.

The lady was allegedly harassed by Sandeep Singh at his residence-cum-camp workplace in Chandigarh, the place she had gone to satisfy him for some official work.

The minister, nevertheless, has dismissed the cost as baseless and has known as for an impartial probe.

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