New Delhi, Jul 24: The sexual harassment case in women's hockey took a new turn today with Hockey India referring the complaint of player Ranjita Devi against coach M K Kaushik to Delhi Police as it involves allegations of outraging the modesty of a woman.
Announcing this decision, HI secretary general Narinder Batra said that the services of Kaushik and video analyst Basavraj, who courted controversy by being in the company of sex workers during the tour of China, will not be utilised in future.
Referring to the report of the five-member inquiry committee that went into Ranjita's complaint, Batra said HI felt that the written version of the player commanded "high credibility" with specific charges being levelled.
"We feel that the committee does not have coercive powers to go into the issue.