Overview
- The complaint, filed by the 17-year-old's mother, led to an FIR at the Women Police Station NIT Faridabad under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and Section 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- According to the FIR, the alleged assault occurred on December 16 after a national competition at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges, when the coach called the athlete to a Surajkund hotel and then to his room.
- The FIR states the coach threatened to ruin the athlete’s career and harm her family if she spoke about the incident.
- Investigators are securing hotel CCTV footage, analyzing phone records and travel details, and recording statements from hotel staff and other witnesses.
- Police say the allegations are being treated with utmost seriousness and that the coach will be questioned as the probe advances.