The NRI woman, who hails from the UK, told the police that she had been part of Great Britain’s under-19 hockey team and came in contact with Sardar Singh in 2012. She alleged they were into a physical relationship as Sardar had promised to marry her. After she got pregnant, Sardar insisted that she should undergo an abortion, which she did. However, Sardar later refused to marry her and even stopped taking her phone calls, she alleged. Calling Sardar a “fraud”, she said he even lied to her about his age and caste. “He has done fraud with me and also lied about his age. He told me that he is a Jatt, while I am a Ramgarhia. Now I have lodged a complaint, and the court will decide,” she said.
LUDHIANA – Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh is in trouble and his sordid love affair is all over the news after a London-based woman filed a complaint of sexual harassment against him at the Koom Kalan police station in Ludhiana.
Station House Officer Surjit Nagra confirmed that they had received a complaint against Sardar Singh. The police officer said they would register a formal complaint following a preliminary investigation.
The woman, who was in Bhaini Sahib, told the police that she had been part of Great Britain’s under-19 hockey team and came in contact with Sardar Singh in 2012. She alleged they were into a physical relationship as Sardar had promised to marry her.
After she got pregnant, Sardar insisted that she should undergo an abortion, which she did. However, Sardar later refused to marry her and even stopped taking her phone calls, she alleged.
She claimed she got engaged to Sardar Singh a few months ago and both of them had recently visited Bhaini Sahib to pay obeisance.
However, the complaint is yet to be verified by the police, who haven’t lodged an FIR yet. Ludhiana police commissioner Paramraj Singh Umranangal has reportedly ordered an inquiry into the complaint.
Sardar, who has been leading India since 2012, is himself a deputy superintendent of police in Haryana.
The girl, who is a hockey player as well in the UK and met Sardar during the 2012 London Olympics, says that she and Sardar got engaged but then he refused to marry her.
She claims to have even visited Sardar’s family at his native village in Sirsa and alleges that he is now “betraying” her.
“I and Sardar have been together for four years and I am his fiancee…now he is betraying me,” the girl told ETV. “He used to love me a lot earlier, but now I am heartbroken. We should have been married by now but he is now not even answering my messages or phone calls for three months.
“I don’t want to speak about his hockey career. I have no issues with him focusing on that, but what he has done to me is wrong,” she said. “What’s happening is not good. I am also a daughter and sister of somebody, and they are upset as well.”
She said that when they got engaged at Sardar’s village, his family too was in attendance.
“Sardar’s family was there [at the time of engagement]. My parents and family couldn’t come, but they had given their permission,” said the girl.
Calling Sardar a “fraud”, she said he even lied to her about his age and caste.
“He has done fraud with me and also lied about his age. He told me that he is a Jatt, while I am a Ramgarhia. Now I have lodged a complaint, and the court will decide,” she said.
The UK girl went on to accuse Sardar of something as serious as physical abuse.
“Yes, blackmail, [he has caused me] mental harassment, physical harassment,” she said, adding that he even tried to threaten her. “He said, ‘I am a DSP and India captain, you being a foreigner can’t do anything’,” the girl claimed.
She is reportedly flying back to the UK after filing the complaint and says her family is with her in the step she has taken against Sardar.
“The British High Commission advised me to go to India and take up the case. My parents are in the UK. They are supporting me and are always there with me,” she said.
She even hinted that there is another girl in Sardar’s life now. “I think there is another girl. You will get to know with time…My advocates will take the case forward from here.”
Meanwhile Sardar denied they were engaged and rejected allegations that he had sexually exploited her.
“I never exploited her or took any advantage on the pretext of marriage. It’s wrong to say that I have assaulted or sexually exploited her. Till now, I have not seen the police complaint, so I don’t know the contents and that’s why I cannot comment on it,” he said.
