Arjuna award-winning Indian hockey player Varun Kumar has been booked under the stringent POCSO act by the Bangalore Police after a woman accused the defender of sexually abusing her multiple times when she was a minor.

The 22-year-old, in her complaint filed on Monday, said that she came in contact with Varun in 2018 through Instagram, and the player raped her on multiple occasions when she was 17, promising her marriage.