Asunta Lakra seeks Sports Ministry’s intervention over alleged harassment protection in hockey
Former India women’s hockey captain Asunta Lakra has asked the Sports Ministry to intervene in allegations of harassment, intimidation, and victimisation within hockey administration.
- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Sports Authority of India are the central institutions to which Asunta Lakra has appealed for intervention.
- Hockey India is the national sports federation that is being asked to respond to allegations involving its officials and affiliated hockey figures.
- Indian law provides a statutory framework for prevention and redressal of sexual harassment complaints at workplaces.
Former India women’s hockey captain Asunta Lakra has approached the Sports Ministry and the Sports Authority of India seeking intervention in allegations of sexual harassment, intimidation, and victimisation inside hockey administration. The issue matters for UPSC because it links sports governance with women’s safety, institutional accountability, and grievance redressal.
What happened
Lakra has written to the Sports Ministry, the Sports Authority of India, and other authorities. She alleges that people accused of misconduct are being protected while women athletes who raise concerns face threats.
UPSC can frame Asunta Lakra’s complaint around institutional accountability in sports bodies, the effectiveness of grievance-redressal mechanisms for women athletes, and the tension between internal dispute resolution and independent inquiry in harassment allegations.
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