The committee to investigate allegations of sexual harassment in Sri Lanka women's cricket found evidence of sexual harassment by the management team, the Sports Ministry said today.

A statement by the ministry said that it intends to take disciplinary action against the guilty parties and had forwarded the recommendations of the investigative committee to the Interim Committee of the Sri Lanka Cricket, with strict instructions to follow the recommendations.
 

The text of the release is given below.

The committee to investigate allegations of sexual harassment in Sri Lanka women's Cricket team was handed over to Minister of Sports Navin Dissanayake.

The Minister thanked the members of the Committee for doing a thorough investigation on the said matter.

The Committee report found evidence of sexual harassment by members of the Sri Lanka Cricket Women's management team against several members of the Sri Lanka Cricket women's team and the Minister intends to take disciplinary actions against those members where evidence has been found.

The Sports Ministry will also forward the recommendations of the said committee to the interim committee of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board with strict instructions to follow the recommendations of the said Committee.