Karnam Malleswari

After the suspension of Ramesh Malhotra the weight lifting coach, Karnam Malleswari the Olympic bronze medalist has demanded the termination of Sahdev Yadav the secretary of Indian Weightlifting Federation for dismissing the complaints made against the coach on Monday. The vice- president in Indian Weightlifting Federation, Karnam Malleswari commented that this step is necessary so that nothing like this is repeated in the near future. When at her residence, Malleswari informed reporters, “Suspending the coach is not enough. The Federation secretary should also be sacked because he didn’t act against Malhotra despite repeated complaints. If he is not sacked then people like Malhotra will be made coach again”

Ramesh Malhotra was found guilty of sexually attacking lifters who were junior in term following which Malhotra was expelled from the Patiala camp. His name has also been extracted from the list of coaches selected for Dronacharya award 2010.

Malhotra defending his side stated “She (Malleswari) has stained my 26-year-old career in sports coaching. I will not let this put me down. I will battle for my reputation.”
He also added that IWF should directly converse with the girls seeking his training for the truth. He also claimed that Malleswari had intentionally pulled in his name to settle past scores for backing other lifters and not her.