New Delhi, Jul 21: Rattled by allegations of sexual harassment, Indian women's hockey coach M K Kaushik today withdrew from the team's upcoming tours even as Hockey India sacked the videographer Basavraj whose photographs with a prostitute plunged the game into a moral crisis.
Kaushik has withdrawn himself from the Asian Champions Trophy in Korea from July 27 pending an inquiry into the sex scandal by a four-member panel comprising Rajiv Mehta (chairman), former players Zafar Iqbal and Ajit Pal Singh and Sudharsan Pathak.
"I must talk to the coach and the girl who has made the allegations of sexual harassment separately. Mr Kaushik has withdrawn his name because he wants his name to be cleared," HI President Vidya Stokes told reporters.
"In the meanwhile, the assistant coach will travel with the team. Hopefully, everything would be sorted out by today," she said.