Delhi Police strategy 5 nations for CCTV footage over FIR in opposition to WFI chief

Delhi Police have sought info and CCTV footage from Wrestling federations of 5 nations in connection to the sexual harassment case in opposition to Former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. These 5 nations are Indonesia, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. The motion got here after the protesting wrestlers of their FIR on April 21 alleged that they have been harassed throughout tournaments in these international locations. 

Delhi Police widens probe within the sexual harassment case 

As per media studies, Delhi Police had despatched these notices inside every week of lodging the FIR in opposition to Singh, the information, nevertheless, got here to mild lately solely. 

A senior Delhi Police official stated, “We had written to different federations within a week of lodging the FIRs and some of them have even replied. I don’t know why this issue is being raked up again.”

This information got here to mild because the Delhi Police is getting ready to file the chargesheet within the case by the newest date of fifteenth June. As of now, studies recommend that the Delhi Police officers have recorded statements from greater than 200 folks. These embrace protesting wrestlers, coaches, referees and different officers or former postholders of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

Delhi Police sought proof from two girls wrestlers

The Delhi Police earlier requested two girls wrestlers to offer pictures, audio, and video as proof to again their allegations in opposition to Singh. 

Apparently, the wrestlers alleged that Singh touched their breasts and stomachs below the guise of checking their respiration. On Sunday, the eleventh of June, 4 of the six girls wrestlers submitted audio and visible proof to corroborate their allegations in opposition to Singh.

Father of minor wrestler admits in that he filed a criticism in opposition to Brij Bhushan in anger

It could also be recalled that final week the daddy of a minor wrestler who had filed a criticism in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh admitted to a tv channel that he has “corrected” the assertion as he had filed a false criticism in opposition to him “out of anger”. 

In his interview with ‘Khabrain Abhi Tak’, the minor wrestler’s father stated that there was no exterior strain on him to vary his earlier assertion.

No supportive proof until now to arrest Brij Bhushan Singh: Delhi Police

Delhi Police sources had stated on May 31, that until now no supportive proof has been discovered to arrest the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, in reference to the allegations levelled by wrestlers in opposition to him. 

Past antecedents of the case

The wrestlers within the likes of Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik had been protesting in opposition to former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, demanding his arrest. On the seventh of June, the protesting wrestlers met Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, after which they halted their protest until the fifteenth of June. The wrestlers claimed that they’ve been assured by the Minister {that a} cost sheet will probably be crammed in opposition to Singh by fifteenth June.

However, initially, two FIRs have been registered in opposition to Singh on the criticism of seven girls wrestlers, together with one allegedly minor wrestler. After this, Singh was booked below related sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and POCSO Act. However, it was lately reported that the minor wrestler had withdrawn her assertion in entrance of the Justice of the Peace and recorded a brand new one below Section 164 of the CrPC.