Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Seven Country’s top wrestlers, Olympic medallists and multiple world champion medalists including a minor aggrieved by inaction over a police complaint filed against Wrestler Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh have approached the Supreme Court.
The wrestlers have sought direction to the Commissioner of Delhi Police to register FIR against Singh for allegedly assaulting women wrestlers.
Although the plea was mentioned by Senior Advocate Narendra Hooda before a bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Monday. However, since it wasn’t a part of the listed mentioning, the CJI asked the senior advocate to mention the same again on Tuesday.
Many renowned Indian wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik in January had accused Singh and WFI coaches of sexually harassing female grapplers. After meeting with the wrestlers, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on January 24 announced the formation of the five-member oversight committee, headed by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom, to look into the allegations.
The committee was tasked with overlooking day to day activities of WFI, into the allegations against Singh. But the stir was renewed on Sunday at Jantar Mantar where the wrestlers sat on dharna pursuant to them being unhappy with the committee’s report and Delhi Police’s inaction in filing the FIR.
NEW DELHI: Seven Country’s top wrestlers, Olympic medallists and multiple world champion medalists including a minor aggrieved by inaction over a police complaint filed against Wrestler Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh have approached the Supreme Court.
The wrestlers have sought direction to the Commissioner of Delhi Police to register FIR against Singh for allegedly assaulting women wrestlers.
Although the plea was mentioned by Senior Advocate Narendra Hooda before a bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Monday. However, since it wasn’t a part of the listed mentioning, the CJI asked the senior advocate to mention the same again on Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Many renowned Indian wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik in January had accused Singh and WFI coaches of sexually harassing female grapplers. After meeting with the wrestlers, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on January 24 announced the formation of the five-member oversight committee, headed by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom, to look into the allegations.
The committee was tasked with overlooking day to day activities of WFI, into the allegations against Singh. But the stir was renewed on Sunday at Jantar Mantar where the wrestlers sat on dharna pursuant to them being unhappy with the committee’s report and Delhi Police’s inaction in filing the FIR.
