CHANDIGARH: A female coach, who lodged a sexual harassment complaint against former Haryana sports minister and BJP MLA Sandeep Singh, has been suspended. The sports department issued an order suspending the female coach, who is a junior athletics coach. The order further stipulates that, despite being suspended, the coach shall continue to receive benefits as per civil service rules.

The complainant is alleging that she was suspended as she was sticking to her complaint against Sandeep Singh. Sandeep was arrested by the police in December 2022 based on the coach's complaint early that year. Later, he was forced to give up his portfolio. He had claimed that the charges leveled against him by the woman coach were baseless.

The complainant had alleged that the minister harassed her from February to November last year, by repeated messages on social media and had touched her inappropriately and also threatened her in messages.