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Hockey India President Files Police Complaint Against Officials for 'Endangerment of Life'
- •Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey lodged a complaint with Delhi Police against several HI officials, accusing them of 'criminal breach of trust, theft, endangerment of life and wrongful abandonment'.
- •The complaint seeks the immediate recovery of Tirkey's personal belongings and documents, including essential medicines, allegedly left in a recalled HI official vehicle.
- •Named in the complaint are former Hockey India Executive Director Cdr R K Srivastava, Finance Manager Subodh Kumar, Director Bhushan Kumar, and driver Harminder Singh.
- •The complaint escalates an ongoing power struggle within the federation, particularly with secretary general Bhola Nath Singh, over administrative decisions and meeting procedures.
- •Tensions intensified following a dispute over the Indian team's saffron jersey during the FIH World Cup, which Tirkey claims was changed without his consent.
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Dilip Tirkey filed a police complaint with Delhi Police accusing several Hockey India officials of criminal breach of trust, theft, wrongful abandonment, and endangerment of life after an official vehicle containing his personal belongings and essential medicines was allegedly recalled and his calls went unanswered.
The complaint names former Hockey India Executive Director Cdr R K Srivastava, Finance Manager Subodh Kumar, Director Bhushan Kumar, and federation driver Harminder Singh.
The dispute intensified after the Indian team’s jersey color was changed to saffron ahead of the World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium without Tirkey's consent, leading to further clashes over administrative decisions, meeting procedures, and an emergency Executive Board meeting.
