New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal wrote to the Commissioner of Police, demanding the arrest of BJP MP and chief of Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and motion in opposition to personnel who detained the protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. She additionally demanded the instant launch of the feminine wrestlers and their households by the Delhi Police.
Protesting wrestlers, together with Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia, was detained on Sunday after a scuffle with safety personnel who tried to cease them from marching to the brand new Parliament constructing because it was being inaugurated. Soon after, the Delhi Police cleared the location of their over-month-long sit-in at Jantar Mantar and stated they won’t be allowed to return there.
In the letter addressed to Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, Maliwal stated she was deeply pained to notice that Delhi Police has manhandled feminine wrestlers and their households protesting peacefully at Jantar Mantar and forcefully detained them at the moment.
She additional talked about that over a month again, a number of girls wrestlers, together with a minor, had made severe allegations of sexual harassment in opposition to the Member of Parliament Mr Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh throughout his tenure because the president of the Wrestling Federation of India.
She stated upon the intervention of the Supreme Court, two FIRs had been registered within the matter in opposition to the accused one that already has round 40 different ongoing prison circumstances in opposition to him! “However, despite a minor girl alleging sexual harassment by the accused parliamentarian, Delhi Police has failed to arrest him till date. This has forced the female wrestlers to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar which has been ongoing for the past one month,” she wrote.
The DCW chief additionally questioned the Delhi Police for not arresting Brij Bhushan Singh but. “In Delhi, every day around 6 cases of sexual assault are reported and in each case, Delhi Police attempts to arrest the accused person. Then why has Brij Bhushan Singh not been arrested till date? If this is not blatant injustice, what is?” Maliwal requested.
“This apparent partisan attitude of Delhi Police which is being seen as siding with the accused parliamentarian has made a mockery of justice and forced the women wrestlers to sit and sleep on the streets of Delhi,” she added.
“The women wrestlers today along with their families were manhandled and forcefully detained and taken away by Delhi Police. Several videos depicting the same have been going viral on social media. The manner in which these women champions are being dragged on the streets by Delhi Police is extremely unbecoming of the force,” the letter learn.
“By denying them justice and forcefully detaining them for raising their voice against sexual harassment, Delhi Police is demoralizing the women and girls of this country against reporting cases of sexual harassment and fighting for justice,” it added.
