SAI panel to probe harassment complaint by top gymnast Aruna Budda Reddy

Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday formed a three-member committee to investigate leading gymnast Aruna Budda Reddy's complaint. The two members of the committee headed by Radhica Sreeman are deputy director (operations) Kailash Meena and SAI coach Kamlesh Tiwana. The fitness test on Aruna was conducted prior to the gymnast’s participation at the FIG Apparatus World Cup in Baku in March in the presence of a six-member committee. Aruna has levelled allegations against SAI coach Rohit Jaiswal, who was a member of that committee. According to Aruna, the clinical assessment test conducted on her injured knee by a doctor was filmed by “one of the trainees of Jaiswal” at Jaiswal's behest on a mobile phone without obtaining her consent. The assessment, which took place on March 24, lasted for around 10 minutes.

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Aruna Budda Reddy, the first Indian gymnast to clinch an individual medal at the Gymnastics World Cup, alleged on Thursday that she was videographed without her consent by one of the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) coaches during the process of her physical fitness test at the IGI stadium here in

Aruna described the entire incident as a “serious crime” and “breach of a female athlete’s privacy” after GFI president Sudhir Mittal informed her through a mail that the federation hadn’t authorised or ordered any person to video record her fitness evaluation test. Speaking to TOI on Friday, Aruna thanked SAI for promptly taking up her case and said she’ll provide all evidence to the inquiry committee members whenever called upon. On the GFI’s assertion that no video recording of her fitness test was ever done, Aruna