After a number of athletes at the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) training facility at Solalgaon in North Lakhimpur town of Assam accused swimming coach Mrinal Basumatary of sexual harassment, he has now been booked for suspected sexual harassment of young female athletes.
West Bengal Cyclists Association and Kolkata Society for Cultural Heritage on Sunday from Ecopark (Gate no 1), Newtown, Kolkata.
Vinesh said she was subjected to mental harassment by Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, adding that she had even contemplated suicide.
The minister, who was on a one-day visit to Kozhikode on Monday also felicitated and interacted with former and current athletes of the centre including prominent names like Padma P T Usha and Tokyo Olympian Alex Antony.
Speaking on the concluding day of the two-day National Conference of Ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports at Kevadia in Gujarat, the minister pointed to the key role that youth volunteers had played in serving civil society during the Covid pandemic and said that states must tap into the huge youth potential of India.
Now that Lalremsiami has left for home in Kolasib, after Hockey India announced a four-week break for the players, she is in an institutional quarantine facility as per the state guidelines.
Swimming pools continue to remain shut in India three months after they were closed in an attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The allowance is reportedly allotted for the first quarter of the 2020-21 year.
The ministry is also deliberating on ways to restart training in contact sports such as boxing and wrestling.
The 46-year-old emphasised on the need for sports administrators to adopt a more holistic approach towards the development of the players.
