SAI suspends coach for harassing wrestler

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has suspended a wrestling coach, who is facing charges of harassing a teenaged woman grappler. Satbir Panghal, a wrestling coach posted at SAI's centre at Haryana Agricultural University in Hisar, has been suspended, SAI sources said.

Updated on: Feb 07, 2014 5:29 PM IST

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The Sports Authority of India (SAI)has suspended a wrestling coach, who is facing charges of harassing a teenage woman grappler.

Satbir Panghal, a wrestling coach posted at SAI's centre situated in Haryana Agricultural University in Hisar, has been suspended, SAI sources said.

"The coach has been directed to report to SAI's north-zone headquarters in Sonepat," said the source. Police on February 1 registered a case against Panghal for allegedly harassing a teenage woman wrestler.

"The complainant alleged that Panghal, who was training here, sexually harassed her and other women wrestlers, aged between 14 to 18 years," said police source.

Panghal was booked under various sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), on a complaint of the wrestler.

The Coach has already refuted the charges levelled against him by calling the complaint a "conspiracy" against him.