AIFF female employee accuses male colleagues of harassment in administration: Report | Football News

A female employee at the All India Football Federation (AIFF) headquarters lodged a “verbal” complaint against a male colleague alleging she was being “harassed”, sources in the state agency said. However, the woman has yet to file formal charges. Nonetheless, the AIFF’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) met on Tuesday to discuss the matter and she sought time before taking the complaint further. “She made an oral complaint and although she did not put it in writing and no charges were filed, the ICC escalated the matter and the committee met to discuss the issue. She has sought time to decide whether to file charges,” AIFF news sources told PTI.

“At the moment, we don’t even know what the nature of the accusation or harassment is. The ICC will submit its report in a few days,” he added.

In January, AIFF established an internal complaints committee under Chapter 2 (4.1) of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

AIFF has been embroiled in controversy recently, with its chairman Kalyan Chaubey accused of corruption.

The situation was compounded by the national men’s team’s shock loss to an under-strength Afghanistan in a 2026 World Cup qualifier in Guwahati on Tuesday.

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