Sports minister Anurag Thakur held a press convention on Wednesday. (Image: News18/File)
Sports minister Anurag Thakur stated the case can’t be a media trial and nothing may be performed earlier than a correct investigation into the sexual harassment costs towards WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
A day after India’s ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat accused sports activities minister Anurag Thakur of attempting to hush up allegations of sexual harassment, the minister stated to let the inquiry be over earlier than leaping the gun within the case towards WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. He stated motion might be taken solely after a correct investigation into the fees.
Thakur held a press convention on Wednesday, the place he stated the case can’t be a media trial. “An FIR has been registered, police investigation will occur. How can something be performed earlier than an investigation? Nothing may be determined by media trial,” he said.
The minister said action cannot be taken without investigation in any case of molestation or sexual abuse. “Delhi Police has registered an FIR, investigation will begin and whoever will be found guilty, action will be taken according to law,” he stated.
On Tuesday, Vinesh alleged that complaints associated to sexual harassment have been hushed up prior to now and Thakur did the identical by forming an oversight panel as a substitute of taking concrete motion. The greatest face of the protest, she claimed that sexual harassment instances had been reported twice prior to now in the course of the nationwide camp however the Wresting Federation of India (WFI) succeeded in sweeping the matter below the carpet.
Vinesh Phogat and different prime wrestlers have been protesting at Jantar Mantar, demanding Brij Bhushan Singh’s arrest. She stated it was robust to stand towards a strong one that had been misusing his place for lengthy. The World Championships medallist stated the wrestlers had shared their ordeal in a gathering with the sports activities minister however he didn’t do something apart from constituting an oversight panel.
After getting assurances from the federal government that the matter might be probed, the wrestlers had referred to as off their protest in January. A five-member panel was fashioned to look into the sexual harassment costs towards Brij Bhushan.
“During the 2012 nationwide camp, a sexual harassment criticism was lodged at a police station. Within 24 hours that case was hushed up. In 2014 a physio, who was additionally coach of Geeta Phogat, raised an identical matter and he was faraway from the camp inside 24 hours. From that day, his spouse couldn’t take part in any competitors. Before we began our protest, three months again, we had defined the whole lot to a authorities official how sexual harassment was going down and the way girls wrestlers had been being tortured mentally. The athletes had been being pushed to a stage the place they may have performed something with their lives,” Vinesh was quoted as saying in a report published by news agency PTI.
She said the wrestlers waited for three to four months even after women wrestlers had shared individual incidents related to sexual harassment with Thakur. “Sports minister tried to hush up matter yet again by forming a committee. We have tried to raise this issue at every level but the matter was always suppressed,” Vinesh was quoted as saying, including that now folks can perceive why they had been silent for 12 years.
She additionally alleged that the Delhi Police was not doing its job correctly. “The Delhi Police has not but recorded any assertion. They are serving to in breaking the victims, utilizing energy and place. Delhi Police is attempting to delay the matter. They are giving info to Brij Bhushan. Maybe we’ll get justice solely from the Supreme Court. The form of language he (WFI chief) is utilizing on nationwide tv provides a sign how he can behave with girls in a closed room,” she added.
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