Serious allegations against the coach (symbolic picture)

National Shooting Coach: Haryana Police has registered a case against the shooting coach. The coach is accused of rape. The female player with whom the coach has been accused of rape is a minor and a national level shooter. The female shooter was 17 years old at the time of the incident. According to the allegations, this incident took place in a hotel in Faridabad in December 2025. The coach is accused of calling the female shooter to the hotel on the pretext of performance review and forcibly taking her to the room.

National shooting coach accused of rape

According to the police, the incident took place on December 16, when the female athlete had participated in the national shooting competition in Delhi. the coach told him Faridabad Asked to meet in the hotel lobby of Surajkund. The coach told the female shooter that he would review her performance. After this, it is alleged that he called the female shooter into the room and sexually assaulted her. Not only this, when the female shooter refused him, he started threatening her to ruin her career and harm her family.

Case registered under POCSO Act

However, now on the basis of the complaint of the victim player, FIR has been registered in Faridabad Mahila Police Station, NIT Faridabad. In the FIR, the national level shooter has been considered a minor and a case has been registered against her under POCSO Act (Section 6) and Section 351(2) of BNS. Police are examining CCTV footage, statements of witnesses and other evidence from the hotel and surrounding areas.

Police said that the accused coach is one of the 13 national pistol coaches appointed by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). After the rape case came to light, the accused coach has been suspended.