Delhi police still waiting for HI letter

NEW DELHI: Four days after Hockey India (HI) said it has sent a letter to the Delhi police commissioner, Y S Dadwal, informing him about the alleged case of sexual harassment by the women’s hockey coach MK Kaushik and requesting that “legal action” be taken against him, the Delhi police said they were yet to hear from HI on this issue.

“We have been told by the media that the letter has been sent to us. However, till date, we have not received the letter across all our units, including the Crime Against Women unit. Besides, no HI official has contacted us officially in this matter,” said Rajan Bhagat, PRO, Delhi police.

Meanwhile, talking to TOI, Dharmendra Kumar, joint commissioner (New Delhi Range), said that merely receiving the letter was not enough to register a case. “We have to see the contents of the letter to ascertain what case can be made out of it,” he said.

Sources in the police said it was too early to ascertain what sections might be imposed on the coach if he is actually booked. “HI is an independent organisation and their finding of credible evidence might not match our own parameters. Therefore, we will carry out our own preliminary enquiry before lodging a FIR,” said a senior police officer.