Overview
- The coach, identified as 50-year-old Ramachandra, was arrested and held by SR Nagar police and was remanded to judicial custody on Saturday, May 23, pending further investigation.
- The FIR, lodged on May 22 by the girl's mother, alleges the coach harassed the 17-year-old trainee for about four years with incidents intensifying in the past five to six months.
- The complaint describes a specific episode on May 17 during a Chennai competition in which the coach allegedly called the minor to his room, touched and kissed her against her will.
- The family says the coach threatened the girl to keep her silent and that an earlier complaint to the Lions Boxing Club committee did not prompt action, prompting questions about internal safeguards.
- Police have registered charges under Sections 8 and 12 of the POCSO Act and Section 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and continue a probe that could prompt wider scrutiny of child-protection practices in sports clubs.