Delhi police file assertion of WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegation

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has recorded the assertion of Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in reference to the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by the female wrestlers in opposition to him, officers talked about on Thursday.

Police have moreover recorded the assertion of the WFI’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.

Last month, the Delhi Police registered two FIRs in opposition to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh following the uncover by the Supreme Court.

The first FIR pertains to allegations levelled by a minor which has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act along with associated sections of the Indian Penal Code concerning outraging modesty. The second one has been registered over complaints by adults pertaining to outraging of modesty.

A uncover was despatched to Singh asking him to affix the investigation. He was questioned for virtually three hours in reference to the allegations of sexual harassment in opposition to him, a senior police officer talked about.

Singh, moreover a BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh, has been questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

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In every instances he denied the allegations and claimed he was being “falsely implicated” throughout the case, the officer talked about.

He added that the WFI chief has been requested to submit paperwork or proof to assist his claims.

The police talked about Singh will seemingly be interrogated further as statements of 30 witnesses have been recorded to date and additional are to be documented.

“We have also received the report of the oversight committee formed to probe the complaints of sexual harassment against the Wrestling Federation of India chief,” a police official talked about.

As part of the continued investigation into the case, numerous teams of the Delhi Police had been despatched to the states of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Haryana to file statements and collect proof. So far, solely the assertion of a minor who has accused Singh of sexually harassing her has been recorded sooner than the Justice of the Peace.

“Soon, statements of the remaining six female wrestlers will also be recorded before the magistrate,” the officer talked about. Police have, nonetheless, recorded the statements of all seven female complainants, along with the minor, under CrPC half 161.

On Friday, the Delhi Police educated a specific court docket docket proper right here that an SIT has been constituted to probe the cases.

The submission was made sooner than Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal in response to the court docket docket’s earlier order directing the police to file a standing report.

Public prosecutor Atul Srivastava instructed the court docket docket {{that a}} standing report had been filed throughout the matter in a sealed cowl and requested that it shouldn’t be shared with anyone considering the character of the case.

Following the submission, the court docket docket posted the matter for added listening to on May 27.

The determine had issued uncover to the Delhi Police on a plea moved by the wrestlers trying to find monitoring of the investigation and recording of the assertion of the alleged victims sooner than the court docket docket.

Several wrestlers have been on a sit-in at Jantar Mantar since April 23 demanding strict movement in opposition to the Wrestling Federation of India chief.

Even farmers have joined the protest to specific solidarity with them.

Police have moreover recorded the assertion of the WFI’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.

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