Indian athlete Tanveer Hussain was granted bail by a United States court on Friday after he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor, reported Adirondack Daily Enterprise. The judge has, however, told him not to leave the country till the proceedings were over. He will be living with a couple in Saranac Lake till Tuesday, which is when his case will be next heard in the court.

The couple – Lindy Ellis and Rich Shapiro – paid his bail amount of $5,000 (around Rs 3.3 lakh). The couple was part of the group that organised the 2017 World Snowshoe Championships, for which Hussain was in the US.

A statement released by the local police after Hussain’s arrest said he was charged with “engaging in a passionate kiss” with a 12-year-old girl and touching her inappropriately, North Country Public Radio reported. “There was no accusation of force,” the statement said. “The charges are a result of the age differences of the individuals. There were no other allegations made against Hussain.”

Hussain was in the news earlier when the US embassy reportedly denied him visa to attend the championship. The athlete had claimed that the US embassy officials had turned down his application saying they were unable to give them a visa “because of their current policy”. A spokesperson for the US Embassy in Delhi had then said that Indian citizens were not affected by the US president’s executive order, which restricts entry of people from seven Muslim-majority countries. A stay order has been imposed on the new programme.