Sexual harassment row hits Indian shooting: SAI coach faces charges

Sexual harassment (representative image) A shooting coach who traveled with the Indian team to June’s World Junior Championships in Suhl, Germany, is in the dock after facing allegations of sexual harassment by junior rifle shooters competing at the tournament.According to NRAI sources, the coach, an employee of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), appeared before the National Rifle Association of India’s internal grievance committee earlier this week.“The committee heard his reply to the allegations and based on the report from NRAI, SAI shifted him from Dr Karni Singh shooting range in Tughlakabad,” an NRAI official said. TOI.The coach, who was recruited almost three years ago, allegedly misbehaved with the shooters during the championship.“The shooting range is located on Friedberg Hill, a suburb of Suhlu. The complaint is that the coach allegedly took two shooters for a walk in the nearby forest and touched them inappropriately. Earlier, the coach even tried to get the charges dropped, threatening to destroy the shooters’ careers,” the source said. “The parents of one of the shooters filed a verbal complaint after the incident, but nothing came of it.”

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