Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
New Delhi: A court here on Wednesday sought from the Delhi Police a status report pertaining to the sexual harassment case against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Since April 23, prominent Indian wrestlers such as Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, and Vinesh Phogat, who have achieved Olympic and World Championships recognition, have been staging a protest at Jantar Mantar against WFI chief.
Farmers have also extended their support to wrestlers and arrived from Haryana and Punjab on Monday to join the wrestlers’ protest.
During the hearing, the judge issued notice to the Police on the protesting wrestlers’ plea seeking monitoring of the investigation and recording of the statement of the alleged victims before the court.
The court then directed the police to file the report by May 12, also the next date of the hearing.
On Tuesday, Delhi Commission for Women also issued a summons to Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Pranav Tayal for failing to arrest the accused in the matter of sexual harassment with women wrestlers.
The women wrestlers had approached the Supreme Court and two FIRs were registered on April 28, one under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for allegedly sexually harassing a minor girl and another for sexual harassment of other complainants.
This post was last modified on May 10, 2023 1:31 pm