Overview
- Police registered a case on Saturday and arrested 45-year-old Murarilal, also known as Gautam, within about a day of the complaint.
- The boys, aged 14 and 15, trained under him, and one was allegedly assaulted in Lucknow on the pretext of medical tests for Under-14 selection.
- The second trainee was allegedly abused repeatedly over three days, according to Bhelupur ACP Gaurav Kumar.
- The matter surfaced after a victim fell ill and disclosed the assault during a hospital examination, prompting families to file an FIR.
- During initial questioning, the coach allegedly confessed to victimising several boys and had a prior 2021 arrest by Lanka police, with the current probe continuing.