A Delhi courtroom on Friday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in opposition to former India U-17 girls’s soccer coach Alex Ambrose.
Ambrose is accused of sexual misconduct in opposition to a minor throughout the India Under-17 crew’s tour of Norway in June 2022. ) Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
The courtroom has summoned Ambrose for the following listening to on February 25.
Earlier, via his attorneys, Ambrose had sought exemption from showing in all of the hearings because the case is in Delhi and he’s at the moment primarily based in Goa.
During Friday’s listening to, the Additional Sessions Judge additionally issued a discover to the surety for breach of bond for not complying with the situations imposed for bail.
Criminal proceedings in opposition to Ambrose started final July when he was named as an accused beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO).
Ambrose had denied any wrongdoing and despatched a authorized discover to the All India Football Federation for ‘tarnishing’ his fame by making frivolous allegations.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
