The coach of Hima Das accused of sexual assault by an athlete, he claims innocence

Nipon Das, India 's new athletic trainer, was charged with badual badault by another athlete who had trained under him in Guwahati, even though he was not charged. coach described the charges as "false and fabricated"

. Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in the capital of Assam. The athlete had stated in her complaint to the police that she had been badually badaulted by Nipon in mid-May. The local police had filed a complaint about the woman's complaint about 20 years old and interviewed Nipon. The complaint was filed on June 22nd.

Nipon, who spotted and coached Hima to a junior world champion title recently, claimed innocence. He said the woman had made "false" charges because he could not get a spot for her in the Assam team for the Interstate National Track and Field Championships (26-29 June) which took place in Guwahati

. and 200m under me and she was always after me to get her into the Assam team, I could not do that because there were other girls who are better that she was not part of the national team at the national championships that is why she filed the complaint on false and fabricated grounds, "Nipon told PTI of Guwahati. [19659002] "She could not produce any evidence of her allegations. On June 22, my deputy and other athletes were also interviewed, but all said they did not see such an incident, everything is fabricated and fake, "he added.

He said that the police investigation was ongoing. that he is confident of going out clean. "I have not been arrested by the police until now, I was taken to the police station once and I was interrogated, that is all … Si I am guilty and I have committed a crime, I will be punished and I am ready I have done nothing wrong, "he said.

This is Nipon, who works with the Directorate of Sports and Youth Protection, who spotted Hima at an inter-district meeting late 2016. He asked him to move to Guwahati 150 km from his village near Dhing in Nagoan District and convinced the young that she had a future in athletics. Nipon also had his spotlight in Assam after Hima won a gold medal in the 400m race at the World Junior Championships in Finland earlier this month.