Sandeep Singh has been accused of harassment and molestation by a female junior coach and the Chandigarh Police has also registered an FIR against him.
Sandeep Singh is a former hockey player of India. (File Pic)
Former hockey player and Sports Minister in Haryana Government Sandeep Singh has handed over the work of his department to the Chief Minister after the allegations of harassment against him. Sandeep Singh was accused of harassment and molestation by the junior women’s coach. After this, Chandigarh Police had registered an FIR on him, after this Sandeep has decided that he will not look after the work of his sports department till the investigation is completed and the sports department has been handed over to the Chief Minister so that fair investigation can be done in the whole matter. May be
Sandeep Singh has relieved himself, but he has not been released, he has not yet resigned from his ministerial post. A Bollywood film has also been made on Sandeep Singh, whose name was Soorma. Sandeep’s character was played by Diljit Dosanjh in this film.
denied the allegations
Sandeep Singh, however, denied the allegations. He has said that this is an attempt to tarnish his image. He said, “There is an attempt to tarnish my image. I hope that the wrong allegations leveled against me will be thoroughly investigated. Till the investigation is not completed, I have given the responsibility of the sports department to the Chief Minister.
The woman made allegations by holding a press conference
The woman who has made allegations of harassment against Sandeep Singh has held a press conference at the office of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the opposition party in Haryana. He has demanded Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to remove Sandeep Singh with immediate effect in this matter. Along with this, there has also been a demand for the formation of a special investigation team to investigate the matter.
The woman has said that Sandeep had first seen her in the gym and then contacted her on the social networking site Instagram. Then Sandeep insisted on meeting him again and again. He said, “He messaged me on Instagram and said that my National Games certificate is pending and he wanted to meet me in this regard. Unfortunately my certificate was lost by my federation and I was taking it to the concerned authorities.”
rudeness after meeting
The woman said that she agreed to meet Sandeep at his home-office. She had taken some other papers there. She alleged that when she went there, the minister sexually assaulted her.