Six ladies wrestlers, who’ve raised sexual harassment allegations towards outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, on Saturday instructed a Delhi court docket that he had touched their breasts on the pretext of checking their respiration sample. Singh, a BJP MP, has already been chargesheeted by Delhi Police within the case.
Senior advocate Rebecca John, showing for the ladies wrestlers, instructed the Rouse Avenue Court docket that the victims’ statements have been corroborated by the statements of the witnesses.
“All of the six ladies instructed the court docket that the accused on the pretext of checking their breath put his hand of their t-shirt and fondled their non-public elements with out their consent. If it’s not, then what’s,” she requested, reported ANI.
Advocate John mentioned the ladies wrestlers had talked about their discomfort and that Singh had by no means executed this with male wrestlers.
“He’s neither a health care provider nor any particular person authorised to take action and even a senior wrestler mentioned he by no means noticed him do the identical with the boys wrestlers,” she mentioned.
Earlier, the Delhi Police had instructed the court docket that there was sufficient proof to place outgoing Singh on trial within the sexual harassment case.
Public prosecutor Atul Srivastava, representing police, instructed the court docket that there was sufficient proof to border expenses, together with beneath 354 (assault or prison power to girl with intent to outrage her modesty), 354-A (sexual harassment) and 354-D (stalking) of IPC, towards Singh.
The metropolitan court docket had on July 20 granted bail to Singh and and co-accused and suspended WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar on a bond of Rs 25,000 every with sure circumstances, together with they shall not go away the nation with out the court docket’s prior permission and never supply any inducement to witnesses.