Delhi Police takes woman wrestler to WFI chief's office as part of probe
The Delhi Police on Friday (June 9) took a woman wrestler to the office of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief’s office in the capital to recreate the sequence of events that led to the alleged crime. This was done as part of the probe into the sexual harassment allegations against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
It is to be noted that Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s official residence houses the WFI office.
Sports minister Anurag Thakur had assured the protesting wrestlers that a chargesheet will be filed in the case by June 15, after which the grapplers suspended their protest.
A Delhi Police official said the wrestler, accompanied by women police personnel, was taken to the WFI office at 1.30 pm. “They were there for half an hour. They asked her to recreate the scene and recall the places where she faced harassment,” the police official said.
Hours after the police left the place, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was among those leading the protest, took to Twitter to express her disappointment at media reports that claimed that the wrestlers had reached the WFI office for compromise.
“This is the power of Brij Bhushan. He is harassing women wrestlers by using his muscle power, political power and running false narratives, and his arrest is necessary. If the police arrests him instead of breaking us, there is hope of justice, otherwise not.”
“Women wrestlers had gone to the crime scene for police investigation, but it was flashed in the media that they had gone for a compromise,” she tweeted in Hindi.
Bajrang Punia, another protesting wrestler, also posted similar tweets.
The Delhi Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sexual harassment allegations against the outgoing WFI president and BJP MP Singh is likely to submit in the court its investigation report in the two cases registered against him by next week, officials said on Wednesday.
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As part of its investigation, the SIT has questioned more than 180 people, the Delhi Police officials said.
Top wrestlers of the country, including Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat and Olympic medallists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, have been protesting against Singh and demanding his arrest for allegedly sexually harassing female grapplers.
The protesting wrestlers on Wednesday met sports minister Anurag Thakur and agreed to suspend their agitation till June 15 after he assured them that a charge sheet against Singh will be filed by then and WFI elections will be held by the end of the month.
(With inputs from agencies)
