India, April 18 -- Paralympic gold-medallist Sumit Antil has made some damning allegations against Dronacharya awardee coach Naval Singh. The javelin thrower has accused the senior figure of mental harassment and verbal abuse in a complaint to the Sports Authority of India (SAI). It is worth noting that the allegations have also been seconded by Neeraj Chopra, the Tokyo Olympics gold medallist.

Antil has also alleged that Naval is "probably mentally unstable" and is trying to disturb the peace of athletes like him and Neeraj. "He (Naval Singh) mentally harassed us and abused our, as in mine and Neeraj's, families. He seems mentally unstable. He would deliberately share recordings of his abusive rants with our (team) managers, so that the...