Video alleges Indian women hockey team deprived of basic facilities

ANI  |  New Delhi [India] 

In a video surfaced on social media, Indian girls hockey team, which went to Adelaide for a tournament, have alleged that the did not provide them basic facilities.

In a video surfaced on Twitter, the girls have complained that they were not given any transportation facilities by the Indian to reach at their event venue.

However, responding to the tweet, the Authority of (SAI) has said that the has not sanctioned the travel of the team featured in the video.

SAI tweeted, "No Govt. Of #sanction/approval for travel has been accorded to the team and coach featured in the video circulating on Neither has @TheHockeyIndia approved or sanctioned the tour."

In another tweet, the SAI has said that minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has ordered an investigation into the matter.

Meanwhile, Hockey also tweeted that the coach featured in the video was not a member of the national programme and the team was not any of the Indian women national teams.

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First Published: Tue, December 05 2017. 12:55 IST