Junior athletics coach who accused Haryana minister Sandeep Singh of sexual harassment records statement before magistrate
Chandigarh, January 3
The junior athletics coach, who has accused former sports minister Sandeep Singh of sexual harassment, on Tuesday recorded her statement before the magistrate under Section 164 of CrPC. The victim earlier recorded her statement before the SIT that questioned her for nearly eight hours.
Victim, accompanied by her lawyers, arrived at Sector 26 police station at around 11 am.
Sources said that victim was questioned by the SIT in detail for several hours. She reportedly handed over all the evidences including some documents and her mobile phone to the investigating team.
After getting victim’s statement recorded before SIT, her lawyers pressed upon getting her statement recorded under Section 164 of CrPC, following which the police got her statement recorded before the magistrate.
Victim while leaving the police station told the media that she has been allegedly offered Rs 1 crore to compromise in the case.
“I have been offered Rs 1 crore to shift to some other country”, she alleged.
While raising question on police investigation, victim’s lawyer Deepanshu Bansal said his client has been questioned four times, while Sandeep Singh who has been booked under non-bailable offences has not been called for questioning.
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 Singh had first seen her at a gym and then contacted her on Instagram.
She had stated that Sandeep Singh would send her messages on Instagram and Snapchat. 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.
A former Olympian and first time MLA from Pehowa, Sandeep, gave up his sports portfolio on January 1, saying that he has taken the step on moral grounds.
