A woman athletics coach who has accused Haryana minister Sandeep Singh of sexual harassment was suspended on 11 August.
Singh, a BJP leader and former Indian hockey team captain, was booked for sexual harassment, illegal confinement and criminal intimidation seven months ago.
The complainant, who is an international-level athlete, said that she was suspended because she did not agree to take back her complaint.
“Pressure is being mounted on me to hammer out a compromise. I have not been intimated the reasons for my suspension. I don’t know why they have taken this step. This is a yet another way for the government to pressurise me, but I am not going to yield,” she said to Hindustan Times.
The athlete also said that she has been doing her work with “great discipline and regularity”, PTI reported.
She went on to say: “I am a sportsperson. For four months my entry to the tracks has been banned, what can be more painful for a sportsperson than this. My basic rights have been snatched by the sports department and the government. But I am capable to fight this battle alone. In the end, truth prevails.”
According to the complainant, Singh had sexually harassed her between February and November last year when she visited his official residence in Chandigarh.
