Coach harassment: Chandigarh Police submits final report in court against Sandeep Singh
Chandigarh (PTI): The Chandigarh Police has submitted its final report against Haryana Minister Sandeep Singh, accused in a sexual harassment case, before a court here.
The filing of the charge sheet came nearly after eight months of registration of the case.
The report was submitted by the police here on Friday before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate.
"After investigation, a final report under Section 173 Code Of Criminal Procedure (report of police officer on completion of investigation) has been submitted against the accused in the court of Aman Inder Singh Sandhu, CJM (chief judicial magistrate) on August 25, for judicial verdict," a statement issued by the Chandigarh Police said.
A case stems from allegations made by a junior athletic coach from Haryana against the BJP leader.
Singh has been charged with IPC's section 354 (assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354B (assault or criminal force with intent to disrobe), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
Deepanshu Bansal, the woman's advocate, on X wrote even though the charge sheet has been filed eight months after the complaint still attempt to rape charges are not mentioned. "We will contest the same before Hon'ble court."
Earlier, the advocate had demanded that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe the case should include charge of 'attempt to rape' in the original FIR.
The woman coach was suspended on August 11 from services over alleged violation of service conduct rules by Haryana's sports department director Yashendra Singh.
The coach had recently spoken to reporters and criticised the delay in filing of the charge sheet.
"The Chandigarh Police it seems they too are under pressure," she had then alleged.
Sandeep Singh, who is presently the Minister of State, Printing and Stationery, is a first-time MLA and former India hockey captain.
After he was charged in connection with the incident, Singh gave up his portfolio saying he was taking the step on moral grounds.
The minister has maintained that the claims made by the woman coach are baseless.
The sports portfolio is presently with the chief minister.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
