The BCCI has acknowledged the Meghalaya Cricket Association's (MCA) decision to impose lifetime bans on the head coach and assistant manager of its Under-23 women's team following allegations of sexual harassment. Devajit Saikia confirmed that it has received an official communication from the state association regarding the matter.
Head coach Hemant Roy and assistant manager Sanjay Mondal have been banned for life from all cricket-related activities after a state commission found that their actions violated the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, 2013.
The Meghalaya Cricket Association also suspended honorary secretary Rayonald Kharkamni and referred allegations that he concealed complaints made in December 2025 to retired Gauhati High Court judge B.D. Agarwal for an independent inquiry.
BCCI Shows Zero Tolerance - Devajit Saikia
According to The Times of India, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed that the board has received an official email from MCA president James PK Sangma. He said that the BCCI will verify the facts before deciding whether further action is required at the national level.
"Yes, we have received an email from the MCA president yesterday (Saturday) on the issue," Saikia told TOI.
"As this is a very sensitive matter, we must check the facts before commenting on this. BCCI doesn't interfere in all their (MCA) internal matters. However, after proper investigation, if any action needs to be taken, BCCI will take stringent action for sure. BCCI shows zero tolerance (in these matters)."
The Absence of This Committee Is A Serious Lapse - James PK Sangma on administrative failures
MCA president James PK Sangma said that the current administration was not in office when the complaints were first made. He admitted there were serious lapses in handling the allegations and promised to immediately set up an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to better protect women cricketers.
"The Commission found that office bearers who received complaints failed to act despite having knowledge of the allegations. The absence of this committee is a serious lapse," Sangma said in Shillong on Saturday.
Members of Meghalaya's Under-23 women's team first filed complaints during a domestic tournament in Agartala in December 2025. The Meghalaya State Commission for Women rejected Mondal's claim that he was heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident and refused to accept it as a valid defence.
The commission also criticized former MCA office-bearers for failing to act on the complaints despite being informed. In his communication to the BCCI, James PK Sangma described the case as a serious abuse of authority and called for stronger safeguards to protect women cricketers.
A Violation of the Dignity, Safety and Fundamental Rights" - MCA Terminates Officials
The MCA officially terminated head coach Hemant Roy and assistant manager Sanjay Mondal after the Meghalaya State Commission for Women completed its inquiry. The commission found that Roy made repeated inappropriate remarks to women players, while Mondal admitted to assaulting a woman cricketer in his hotel room in Agartala.
"The findings of the MSCW establish conduct that is not merely a breach of your contractual and professional obligations to the MCA, but a violation of the dignity, safety and fundamental rights of the women players in your care."
"The MCA cannot and will not permit any individual found guilty of such conduct to remain associated with this organisation in any capacity whatsoever," the MCA said in its termination letter.
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