{"id":9266,"date":"2026-04-27T10:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/sai-suspends-pt-paulose-over-sexual-harassment-allegations-more-sports-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:35:05","slug":"sai-suspends-pt-paulose-over-sexual-harassment-allegations-more-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/sai-suspends-pt-paulose-over-sexual-harassment-allegations-more-sports-news\/","title":{"rendered":"SAI suspends PT Paulose over sexual harassment allegations | More sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130543482,imgsize-19392,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sai-2704-sds.jpg\" alt=\"SAI suspends PT Paulose over sexual harassment allegations\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>KOCHI: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has suspended PT Paulose, an Asian Games bronze medallist and India\u2019s first Olympic rower, who served as the High Performance Director at the National Centre of Excellence in Alappuzha, and transferred him to its Imphal centre following allegations of sexual harassment made by a female assistant rowing coach.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>\u201cPaulose, 49, has been suspended after a female assistant rowing coach filed a complaint in Jan this year,\u201d a SAI source told TOI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cOn receiving the complaint, SAI initiated a departmental inquiry against Paulose, which is currently under process,\u201d the source added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cHe was transferred to SAI\u2019s Imphal centre earlier this month to ensure he cannot intimidate the victim or influence the probe in any manner,\u201d the source said, adding, \u201cDue action will be taken based on the findings of the inquiry.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The details of the allegations have not been disclosed. TOI tried to contact Paulose, but he was unavailable for comment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Even as concerns grow over athlete welfare across SAI centres, this episode has brought back memories of a 2015 incident at SAI\u2019s Alappuzha centre, where four female rowers attempted suicide by consuming a toxic fruit called Othalanga (cerbera odollam) following alleged physical and mental harassment by senior athletes. In that case, a 15-year-old died, while the others survived. These athletes were reportedly being forced to perform chores for their seniors, with harassment increasing every time they resisted.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>In a separate incident in Jan, two female students, aged 18 and 15, were found dead by hanging inside a SAI hostel in Kollam. Police said preliminary findings point to suspected suicide. Notes seeking forgiveness from their parents were recovered, though further details have not been made public.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Based on information presented in Parliament, 33 sexual harassment complaints in SAI were reported in the last 10 years, of which 25 were lodged against coaches and 8 against administrative staff.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">KERALA CASES<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"24\">\n<ul>\n<li>2015 (Alappuzha) : Four female rowers consumed toxic fruit after alleged abuse by seniors; a 15-yearold died, others survived amid reports of forced chores and harassment.<\/li>\n<li>Jan 2026 (Kollam): Two hostel students, aged 18 and 15, found dead in suspected suicide; notes to parents recovered, investigation ongoing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/others\/sai-suspends-pt-paulose-over-sexual-harassment-allegations\/articleshow\/130543475.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOCHI: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has suspended PT Paulose, an Asian Games bronze medallist and India\u2019s first Olympic rower, who served as the High Performance Director at the National Centre of Excellence in Alappuzha, and transferred him to its Imphal centre following allegations of sexual harassment made by a female assistant rowing coach.\u201cPaulose, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}