Minor wrestler gives latest assertion, cops question WFI chief’s workers in UP
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NEW DELHI: The minor wrestler on whose assertion a case beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was recorded in direction of Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, has recorded a latest assertion sooner than the Magistrate, a senior Delhi Police talked about on Tuesday.
The official refused to share any particulars regarding the change inside the assertion terming it a very “sensitive” case.
Some research claimed that the minor wrestler had withdrawn her grievance and recorded a latest assertion. However, ace wrestler Bajrang Punia, whereas chatting with a data channel, talked about that he had spoken to the daddy of the minor lady and that he was instructed that they have not withdrawn any grievance.
“On the one side, there are these ‘sources’ and on the other, you have the girl’s father saying he has not withdrawn the complaint. It is now for the country to decide whom they should trust, the girl’s father, who has rubbished such allegations, or the so-called sources,” Wrestler Bajrang Punia talked about.
Punia moreover touched upon the wrestlers’ late-night “discreet meeting” with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “We met him and told him everything. He has assured us of action. But I would say that we won’t end this fight against Brij Bhushan Singh just based on mere assurance. We did that in January but won’t do it now,” Punia talked about.
He talked about that the protesting wrestlers will in a few days take a reputation on the long term plan of motion. “But we won’t back down,” talked about Punia.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police on Tuesday recorded statements of associates of WFI chief Singh and folks working at his residence in UP’s Gonda as part of investigations into sexual harassment allegations in direction of him.
“This is being done as part of a further investigation involving collecting evidence and corroborating versions of witnesses with that of Singh and the complainants,” talked about an official.
Technical, digital and information proof has been collected. As shortly as a result of the investigation is concluded, a price sheet is likely to be filed in court docket docket, the official added.
The nation’s excessive wrestlers, along with Olympic medallists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, are protesting in direction of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, whom they’ve accused of sexually harassing ladies grapplers.
READ MORE: From Jantar Mantar to Haridwar, a timeline of wrestlers’ protest
NEW DELHI: The minor wrestler on whose assertion a case beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was recorded in direction of Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, has recorded a latest assertion sooner than the Magistrate, a senior Delhi Police talked about on Tuesday.
The official refused to share any particulars regarding the change inside the assertion terming it a very “sensitive” case.
Some research claimed that the minor wrestler had withdrawn her grievance and recorded a latest assertion. However, ace wrestler Bajrang Punia, whereas chatting with a data channel, talked about that he had spoken to the daddy of the minor lady and that he was instructed that they have not withdrawn any grievance.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
“On the one side, there are these ‘sources’ and on the other, you have the girl’s father saying he has not withdrawn the complaint. It is now for the country to decide whom they should trust, the girl’s father, who has rubbished such allegations, or the so-called sources,” Wrestler Bajrang Punia talked about.
Punia moreover touched upon the wrestlers’ late-night “discreet meeting” with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “We met him and told him everything. He has assured us of action. But I would say that we won’t end this fight against Brij Bhushan Singh just based on mere assurance. We did that in January but won’t do it now,” Punia talked about.
He talked about that the protesting wrestlers will in a few days take a reputation on the long term plan of motion. “But we won’t back down,” talked about Punia.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police on Tuesday recorded statements of associates of WFI chief Singh and folks working at his residence in UP’s Gonda as part of investigations into sexual harassment allegations in direction of him.
“This is being done as part of a further investigation involving collecting evidence and corroborating versions of witnesses with that of Singh and the complainants,” talked about an official.
Technical, digital and information proof has been collected. As shortly as a result of the investigation is concluded, a price sheet is likely to be filed in court docket docket, the official added.
The nation’s excessive wrestlers, along with Olympic medallists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, are protesting in direction of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, whom they’ve accused of sexually harassing ladies grapplers.
READ MORE: From Jantar Mantar to Haridwar, a timeline of wrestlers’ protest