Overview
- The government named Vijay Singh Dahiya as sports commissioner to replace Navdeep Singh Virk and appointed Parth Gupta as director in place of Sanjeev Verma as part of a 20-officer reshuffle.
- District Sports Officers said the Bahadurgarh and Lakhan Majra courts were not under the Sports Department, citing local control, no allotted basketball nurseries, and no department coaches on site.
- Rohtak DSO Anoop Singh was suspended after the Lakhan Majra death, and his report said the court is on Block Samiti land and operated by the Yuva Sports Club with training by a coach named Mohit.
- Sports Minister Gaurav Gautam accepted responsibility on behalf of the government and ordered joint inspections of grounds and equipment across panchayat, municipal and HSVP facilities, with unsafe venues taken out of use.
- The deaths involved Aman, 15, in Bahadurgarh and Hardik Rathi, 16, in Rohtak during late-November practice sessions, and inspections and internal inquiries remain in progress.