File image of wrestling federation chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh
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The Delhi Police on Friday knowledgeable a particular court right here {that a} Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by ladies wrestlers against WFI president Brij Bhushan Singh.
The submission was made earlier than Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal in response to the court’s earlier order directing the police to file a stratus report.
“Considering the seriousness of the case we have formed a SIT. The SIT will be investigating the case,” public prosecutor Atul Srivastava instructed the court, stating {that a} standing report has been filed within the matter.
He requested that the report should not be shared with anybody contemplating the character of the case. The report has been filed by the Delhi Police in a sealed cowl.
After the submission, the court posted the matter for additional listening to on May 27.
The decide had issued discover to the Delhi Police on a plea moved by the wrestlers looking for monitoring of the investigation and recording of the assertion of the alleged victims earlier than the court.
The wrestlers have been demanding the arrest of Singh, accusing him of sexually exploiting a number of ladies grapplers, together with a minor.
The Delhi Police has filed two FIRs, together with one underneath part 10 of POCSO Act against the BJP MP, who has denied all the costs.
