On Thursday Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh moved an application in a Delhi court seeking further investigation in the sexual harassment case.
On Thursday morning the BJP MP reached the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi for the case hearing and submitted the plea for further investigation. The court reserved an order on Brij Bhushan’s application for April 26.
In the application, Brij Bhushan said he was not in Bharat on September 7, 2022, when the alleged molestation of a female wrestler took place at the WFI office.
Several Bharatiya women wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik had accused Brij Bhushan Singh of sexual assault. Delhi Police had registered a case against the former WFI chief.
The Delhi Police had filed a chargesheet against Bhushan under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, on June 15, 2023.
However, he was granted bail on July 20, 2023. The Delhi court had also suspended WFI additional secretary Vinod Tomar on the same day.
On April 9, the Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Union Sports Ministry on a plea filed by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) challenging its suspension. The HC sought the central government’s response in four weeks. The matter will be heard on May 2
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