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The All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) has refuted some severe allegations via entrepreneur Ranjit Bajaj, who owned I-League membership Minerva Punjab FC, towards its basic secretary Kushal Das on Monday. Bajaj alleged that Das had molested staff at place of business, a fee which was once rejected via the nationwide frame and its most sensible authentic.

Bajaj, who bought off Minerva Punjab FC in 2020 after proudly owning it for seven years, stated there have been “two circumstances of molestation of staff at place of business” and the pinnacle of the committee which offers with grownup harassment court cases on the AIFF was once “compelled via president Praful Patel to bury the file”.

“…Kushal Das RESIGN Or I will be able to be revealing information about you which were buried via @praful_patel #METOO #metooindia enuf is enuf,” Bajaj tweeted.

“…two circumstances of molestation of his staff on the place of business …head of madatory (necessary) grownup harassment grievance officer of AIFF & he was once compelled to bury the file via @praful_patel.” Later, talking to PTI, Bajaj stated,”I’m really not making any allegations towards the federation. That is towards a person and he can move to courtroom, make a testimony. Let him get a hold of a denial, he should reply in his non-public capability as a substitute of the use of the Aiff PR equipment.”

Das stated no such grievance has reached the AIFF committee within the remaining 10 years. “There’s at all times a ladies’s cellular within the AIFF to appear into any more or less allegations like those and there aren’t any such allegations within the remaining 10 years,” Das informed PTI.

“However let the ladies’s cellular glance into the allegations he has made and provides a file sooner than I say one thing and sooner than the manager committee takes a choice.”

The AIFF, on its phase, stood at the back of its most sensible authentic and stated it’s going to take “suitable felony motion towards the involved person”.

“All statements and allegations made are false and fabricated, and made with out an iota of proof in strengthen of the similar. Additional, no such court cases and/or issues have been gained via the Inside Court cases Committee constituted via the AIFF as according to the PoSH Act, 2013,” the AIFF stated in a remark.

“The AIFF follows a powerful moral code of behavior inside the organisation, making sure the security and well-being of all its personnel participants.

“The allegations made via Mr Bajaj are defamatory in nature, inflicting hurt now not simplest to Mr Das but in addition to all the footballing fraternity in India. In attention of the similar, the AIFF has thought to be it prudent to take suitable felony motion towards the involved person.” The AIFF stated it’s going to additionally refer the subject to the Govt Committee, and in addition to the AGM for suitable motion.

Jyotsna Gupta, the present head of the Inside Court cases Committee stated she or her panel has now not gained any grievance towards Das or any AIFF authentic.

“As head of the committee, I’ve now not gained the sort of file (of grownup harassment) towards the overall secretary or towards any authentic of the AIFF,” Gupta stated. “It was once a surprise to me that any individual would make such allegations towards the GS. The place of business on the AIFF is secure and protected for girls.”

Shantha Gopinath, who headed the committee sooner than Gupta took over remaining 12 months, stated she had now not gained any court cases towards Das.

Nandini Arora, Mission Director, Native Establishing Committee of the 2022 ladies’s FIFA U-17 Global Cup, additionally stated that the feminine personnel of the LOC have now not confronted any factor whilst operating with Das.

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After promoting off Minerva Punjab FC, which is now competing within the I-League as Roundglass Punjab FC, Bajaj is now working Minerva Academy Soccer Membership in Mohali. He has a historical past of run-ins with the AIFF which had suspended him for twelve months in 2018 after being discovered ‘accountable’ of constructing racist remarks towards a referee.

In 2019, the AIFF reprimanded Bajaj for his robust feedback towards the AIFF on social media.