WFI chief Brij Sharan Bhushan gets 2-day interim bail by Delhi court
India | July 18, 2023 15:08 ISTThe court is schduled to hear arguments on Thursday on regular bail plea of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The court is schduled to hear arguments on Thursday on regular bail plea of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The Wrestling Federation of India Elections were delayed after Gauhati High Court extended the date of hearing a petition filed by the Assam Wrestling Association. The next hearing date is July 28.
A Delhi court summoned Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers and said there was sufficient evidence to proceed against him.
Delhi Police submitted that the supplementary is likely to be filed, however, since FSL and report on CDR are awaited, it is likely to take some time.
Wrestlers protest: The Delhi Police has informed the court that the cancellation report was submitted to the court based on statements of the girl, father.
Wrestlers protest: The sexual harassment case, so far, saw several emotional moments in which protesting wrestlers alleged that police lathi-charged them and used force to remove their protest from Jantar Mantar and lastly they went to Haridwar to immerse their medals.
WFI elections: This was notified in a statement by returning officer Mahesh Mittal Kumar, who is the former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
The returning officer for the elections will be Justice (Retd) Mahesh Mittal Kumar, a former Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
Notably, Brij Bhushan is currently under scrutiny after top Indian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, who demanded his arrest for alleged sexual harassment of women grapplers.
"It's better that truth comes out now instead of in the court," the father said when asked why he is changing his story now.
Wrestler Protest: 'Fight to continue till we get justice'- Sakshi Malik
This comes a few hours after a delegation of India's top wrestlers met Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday at his official residence in the capital.
Wrestlers' protest: Top sources in the Delhi Police have said that no supportive evidence has been found to prove wrestlers' claim of WFI president sexually harassing several women wrestlers, including a minor.
Wrestlers protest: The protestors, including women wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and others, began their protest on April 23 at Delhi's Jantar Mantar against WFI (Wrestling Federation of India) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations
The tensions heightened on Sunday as wrestler Vinesh Phogat, along with her cousin sister Sangeeta Phogat, and other players, made an attempt to breach the security barricades at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was inaugurating the new "temple of democracy".
Notably, several wrestlers have been staging a dharna at Jantar Mantar since April 23, demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
We have decided to hold a peaceful women's Maha Panchayat in front of the new Parliament on May 28, said protesting wrestler Vinesh Phogat.
Wrestlers' protest: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by several women wrestlers' in the country, evaded tough questions posed by India TV during an interview.
Whole conspiracy hatched by Congress leader Deepender Hooda, wrestler Bajrang Punia... we have an audio clip to prove this, said WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said that there is a political motive behind the protest against him.
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