A 28-year-old boxing coach was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his 19-year-old student when they were in West Bengal for a tournament in February. Police said that the victim woman, who was representing Haryana in the tournament, lodged a police complaint against her coach on Friday.
According to her complaint, she has alleged that while she was going to Kolkata from the New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS) on February 27 along with her other team members to participate in the tournament, her coach sexually assaulted her in the train.
The woman in her complaint also said that she was sexually assaulted by her coach during their stay in Kolkata. "A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code was registered at NDLS police station," police said.
"The coach was arrested from Sonipat in Haryana and during interrogation, he confessed to sexually assaulting the woman boxer. He runs a boxing academy at Sonipat and has represented India in boxing tournaments," said a senior police official. The accused has two children and also coaches national level boxers, police said.