Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Brij Bhushan Singh deserves to be prosecuted and punished for sexual harassment, claims Delhi Police in the charge sheet In the charge sheet filed by the police in the case, it was said that a woman wrestler had given six places where she felt that Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh had molested her. The chargesheet states that on the basis of the investigation so far, Brij Bhushan Singh is liable to be tried and punished for the offenses of sexual harassment, molestation and stalking.

 In the case of sexual harassment of six adult wrestlers, the difficulties of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, former president of Wrestling Federation of India, may increase. The Delhi Police, in its charge sheet filed against Singh, has claimed that he may be prosecuted. In this, the police has made the statements of 15 witnesses related to the case the primary basis.


His testimony is being considered important in the whole case. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has to appear in the court on July 18 in this case. The Delhi Police claimed in the charge sheet that Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh could be prosecuted on the basis of investigation into the complaints of six wrestlers. He deserves to be tried and punished for offenses like sexual harassment, molestation and stalking.


These allegations made in the charge sheet

The police had filed a chargesheet against Singh on June 13 under IPC sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman), 354A (sexual harassment) and 354D (stalking). Taking cognizance of the chargesheet, the Rouse Avenue Court has summoned Brij Bhushan and Vinod Tomar, former co-secretary of the federation, on July 18.



Wrestler's allegation – Brij Bhushan forcibly hugged

In the charge sheet, the statement given by the wrestlers before the magistrate has been considered as an important basis. At the same time, evidence of his presence at the alleged place of sexual abuse has also been found. According to the chargesheet, the case of stalking and blocking the wrestlers dates back to 2012.


In this, the woman wrestler who complained said that Brij Bhushan talked to her mother during a tournament and forcibly took her by calling her to his room. When the female wrestler returned home, he started calling her mother's number several times on different pretexts. He even had to change his phone number to avoid calls from Brij Bhushan.


Police is also waiting for the report of five countries

At the same time, Delhi Police can also file a supplementary charge sheet in the case. Police have sought photos and videos from wrestling federations of Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan in the case. Brij Bhushan has been accused of sexual exploitation during the tournament held in these countries. After their reply, the police will file a supplementary charge sheet. In the charge sheet, all the victim wrestlers have made different serious allegations against Brij Bhushan in the case of sexual harassment.

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