Meghalaya Cricket Association Faces Allegations of Cover-Up After U-23 Women’s Team Complaints of Sexual Harassment
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- •The Meghalaya State Commission for Women (MSCW) has summoned four Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA) officials over alleged sexual harassment complaints by the state’s Under-23 women’s cricket team.
- •MCA President James P.K. Sangma publicly condemned what he called a six-month-long cover-up of the complaints, which were filed in December 2025 against the team’s head coach and manager.
- •The four officials summoned are MCA Secretary Rayonald Kharkamni, former president Nababrata Bhattacharjee, former treasurer Dhrubajyoti Thakuria, and former cricket operations manager Shining Star Lyngdoh.
- •Sangma alleged that MCA officials attempted to suppress the complaints during the association’s election period and even included the accused team manager in a tournament nomination list after the complaints surfaced.
Shillong, May 24, 2026 — The Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA) is under intense scrutiny following allegations of a deliberate cover-up of sexual harassment complaints filed by members of the state’s Under-23 women’s cricket team. A day after the Meghalaya State Commission for Women (MSCW) summoned four MCA officials for questioning, the association’s newly elected president, James P.K. Sangma, publicly condemned what he described as a six-month-long attempt to bury the matter.
