Team News Riveting
Chandigarh, January 3
The junior athletics coach, who has accused former Sports Minister Sandeep Singh of sexual harassment, on Tuesday alleged that she was offered Rs 1 crore to cover up the case and shift to some other country.
The coach today recorded her statement before the Special Investigation Team (SIT). The officials questioned her for nearly eight hours. Sources said that victim was given a detailed questionnaire and her statement was recorded.
The victim accompanied by her lawyers arrived at the police station at Sector 26 police station around 11 am. She submitted all the evidences, including some documents and her mobile phone to the investigating team.
After getting victim’s statement recorded before the SIT, her lawyers pressed upon getting her statement recorded under Section 164 of CrPC. The police took the victim to the court but it could not be recorded. Sources said her statement before the magistrate will be recorded on Wednesday.
While leaving the police station, she told the media that she had been allegedly offered Rs 1 crore to strike a compromise in the case. “I have been offered Rs 1 crore to shift to some other country”, she said.
Pointing doubts over police investigation, victim’s lawyer Deepanshu Bansal said that his client has been questioned four times, while Sandeep who has been booked under non-bailable offences has not been called for interrogation.
An FIR against the former captain of the Indian national hockey team was registered on December 31, a day after the coach had approached the Chandigarh police with her complaint.
In her complaint, the coach had alleged that Sandeep had first seen her at a gym and then contacted her on Instagram. On July 1, 2022, Sandeep had allegedly made a Snapchat call and asked her to visit his residence-cum-camp office in Sector 7, Chandigarh, for some official work.
“Around 6.50 pm, he called me to his office and molested me. My T-shirt was torn. I managed to push him aside and ran out of the room as the door was unlocked,” she had alleged.
