WFI Row: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Denies All Charges During 3-Hour Meeting With Oversight Committee

The sidelined WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Tuesday appeared earlier than the government-appointed oversight committee, which is investigating into sexual abuse allegations in opposition to him, and outrightly rejected all the costs.

The Committee, led by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom, was fashioned on January 23 to analyze into the claims made by nation’s high wrestlers that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) boss Brij Bhushan has sexually harassed a number of ladies wrestlers, intimidates the athletes and run the game physique in an autocratic method.

Brij Bhushan arrived together with his 20-odd supporters for the assembly which went on for practically three hours.

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“Brij Bhushan appeared earlier than the committee as we speak. He straightaway denied all of the allegations. He stated he by no means did something improper,” a sports ministry source told PTI.

Brij Bhushan, however, evaded the waiting media at the SAI headquarters here, saying the investigation is still on and he won’t like to make any comment at this point of time.

The allegations were levelled by prominent grapplers such as Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Ravi Dahiya.

The wrestlers have already deposed before the committee.

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In January, the country’s top wrestlers had staged a three-day sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar, demanding that Brij Bhushan be removed and WFI be disbanded.

The BJP MP was later asked to step aside till the completion of the probe into his alleged misconduct.

The Mary Kom-led committee has former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former shuttler Trupti Murgunde, SAI member Radhica Sreeman and Rajesh Rajagopalan, ex-CEO, Target Olympic Podium Scheme and CWG gold medallist Babita Phogat as its members.

The wrestlers have also alleged that one member of the committee, apparently 2012 London Olympic bronze medallist Dutt, is leaking sensitive information related to the probe with media.

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They feel that Dutt is siding with the WFI boss.

India lost the hosting rights of the Asian Championship after wrestlers submitted a written complaint to UWW, the world governing body of the game, about the alleged misconduct of the WFI chief.

The event will now be hosted in Astana in April.

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