New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued discover to Delhi Police on a plea moved by seven wrestlers in search of the registration of an FIR in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh who faces allegations of sexual harassment. The high courtroom additionally ordered the elimination of the names of the seven complainant wrestlers from judicial data to suppress identities within the sexual harassment case and stuck April 28 as the subsequent date for a listening to.
The plea filed within the Supreme Court by seven wrestlers in search of a case in opposition to the WFI president was talked about earlier than the courtroom earlier at the moment. The high courtroom, nonetheless, listed the matter pertaining to the plea filed by seven wrestlers in search of registration of FIR in opposition to the WFI chief for Friday.
Responding to their plea, the Supreme Court additionally famous that ”there are severe allegations which are contained within the petition by Wrestlers who’ve represented India.”
#UPDATE | SC lists the matter pertaining to the plea filed by seven wrestlers in search of registration of FIR in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president & BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh; the matter has been listed on Friday.
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Delhi Police has, in the meantime, sought a report from the probe committee arrange by the Ministry of Sports to analyze the sexual harassment allegations in opposition to the WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. A Delhi Police official stated on Monday that thus far seven complaints have been acquired in opposition to the Wrestling Federation of India President and all of them are being investigated. An FIR might be registered after concrete proof involves mild, he stated.
“As part of the inquiry, we have sought a report from the probe committee set up by the Sports Ministry to look into the allegations of sexual harassment allegations levelled against the WFI chief,” he stated.
Several nationwide medal-winning wrestlers have been protesting at Jantar Mantar demanding the federal government for making public the findings of the oversight panel that investigated the sexual harassment allegations in opposition to Singh.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur had introduced the five-member oversight committee, headed by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom, to look into allegations in opposition to Singh, a BJP chief and a muscleman with a legal historical past.
All political events are welcome, Say Wrestlers
Olympics medallist Bajrang Punia on Monday stated all political events have been ‘welcome’ as high Indian wrestlers, together with him, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik, amongst others, returned to New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Sunday to stage protests in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually assaulting girls wrestlers.
“All parties are welcomed, be it the BJP, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party or any other party. When we win a medal, we don’t wave any party’s flag but only the Indian flag. When we win medals, everyone. Not just one party comes forward to congratulate us, and neither are we affiliated with a single party. We are a part of this country and all Indians are welcome to join the protests. If we don’t fight for the women of the country then we can’t fight against anything,” Punia advised reporters on the protest website.
Punia’s feedback had come after CPI(M) Leader Brinda Karat, who had come to help the wrestlers’ protest in January, was requested to step down from the stage. The wrestlers had then maintained that they didn’t wish to make the protests political. It was then stated that no politicians can be allowed to talk on the stage.
Punia had then stated, “We don’t want the protest to take a political shape”.
(With Agency Inputs)
