The Cuttack Mahila police on Wednesday begun investigation after registering a case of alleged sexual assault by a Sports Authority of India (SAI) coach here on a trainee woman athlete.
The coach Susant Roy (45) has, however, denied the allegation levelled against him. But the trainee athlete went to the police station with her parents to lodge a written complaint.
The 20-year-old girl has alleged that she was mentally and physically assaulted by the coach for past several days.
“On the basis of the complaint, we have registered a case under Sections 354-A (criminal force with intent to outrage modesty, 323 (causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of IPC and 10 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (Pocso) Act,” said Mahila police station Inspector Sakuntala Pati.
The police have, in the meantime, questioned the coach and some inmates of the SAI Hostel here. Police said the coach denied the sexual slur against him but admitted of slapping the girl twice as an act of reprimand for certain wrongdoings of her.