#3 Women Hockey players accuse Chief Coach of sexual harassment (2010)
A few players of the Indian national women’s hockey team registered a formal complaint in 2010 regarding sexual harassment against the then coach Maharaj Krishnan Kaushik. Th. Ranjitha Devi sent an e-mail to Hockey India regarding the issue, thus bringing the incident to light.
Kaushik, who happens to be an Arjuna Awardee, was accused of not including players in the team for not accepting his ‘demands’. Ranjita Devi also accused him of sexual harassment towards her.
Following the complaint, Hockey India sacked the coach but a bigger job awaited Kaushik. He was soon appointed as the high-performance manager for the Central Zone in 2014. He was appointed for coaching the coaches of the academy and other state players.
It would appear as if he had nothing to do with the incident in 2010 as yet another offender escaped justice.
