Satish SethKaithal, Sept. 25 -- A Special Court in Kaithal has sentenced Wushu coach and former sports association secretary Deepak Kumar Lot to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000 for raping a female player after giving her an intoxicant-laced cold drink.

If the fine is not paid, the convict will have to undergo additional punishment.

This matter is of May 2023. Secretary and coach of Wushu Sports Association, Deepak Kumar, called a promising female wushu player to his room. According to the allegation, on May 3, 2023, the coach made the player drink a cold drink mixed with intoxicants and then committed a heinous crime.

The accused had also threatened to kill the victim after the brutality.

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