Indian sports record 5 cases of sexual harassment in last 9 months

The sexual harassment allegations imposed by Vinesh Phogat against Indian wrestling federation president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and other unnamed officials are the latest and most high-profile sexual abuse cases in sport in India. This is an example.

Vinesh, a two-time Olympian and two-time World Championship medalist, alleged that Brij Bhushan and several coaches repeatedly exploited female wrestlers, coaches and even junior girls. . It was a protest staged in Delhi from Wednesday by India’s top wrestlers, including Olympic medalists Bajran Punia and Sakshi Malik.

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This is the fifth case in the last nine months of publicly and officially documented cases of sexual exploitation of female athletes in India.

May 2022

• A 19-year-old national level runner has filed a sexual harassment complaint in Chennai against renowned track and field coach P Nagarajan. She claimed that coaches inappropriately touched female athletes under the pretext of helping her with physical therapy and stretching, two months after the initial allegations she said seven of her athletes, including the Indian national team, were I made a similar allegation. Nagarajan has been arrested and charged under the IPC and POCSO laws.

• Gymnast Aruna Buddha Reddy alleged that her coach Rohit Jaiswal filmed her during her trial in March 2022 without her consent. However, the Indian Gymnastics Federation did not penalize Jaiswar. probe. Jaiswal was nonetheless named as the contingent’s coach for the Commonwealth Games in India before being replaced at the last minute.

June 2022

January 2023

• Vinesh, one of India’s best female wrestlers, claimed that Brij Bhushan had been sexually exploiting female wrestlers for years. She said, “I don’t know how many women there are in Adhyaksh. [president] exploited. The girls sitting here are also exploited. I can name her 20 female wrestlers from at least 10 of them in national camps who have told me how they were exploited. I’ve heard that story ever since I met Adhyakshiji. I openly said today that I don’t know if I will be alive tomorrow,” Vinesh said Wednesday.

  The Ministry of Sports asked the WFI for clarification and instructed them to respond within 72 hours, otherwise they would not take action. Also the women’s national camp in Lucknow has been cancelled. The Delhi Women’s Commission has received notice of the allegations in Suomoto, writing to the Secretary of Sports and asking the Deputy Commissioner of Police to clarify the details.