Delhi Police question WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in sexual harassment case
Thursday | Jun 12 2025 | 05:00:58 AM
Thursday | Jun 12 2025 | 05:00:58 AM
New Delhi, May 13
The Delhi Police probing the sexual harassment case against BJP leader and Wrestling federation of India (WFI) President, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh have questioned Singh and the federation’s assistant secretary, Vinod Tomar.
The police have also said to have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case.
The internationally acclaimed wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik have been protesting at Jantar Mantar against the leader demanding his arrest in the case.
On April 28, the Delhi Police registered two FIRs against Singh. While the first FIR pertained to allegations of a minor wrestler and was registered under the POCSO Act, the second, based on the complaints of the women wrestlers, named Singh and Tomar.
The Delhi Police questioned Singh twice so far and both the times, he reportedly denied his involvement and claimed that he was falsely implicated. The seven women wrestlers including a minor had earlier recorded their statements with police.
On May 10, the minor victim recorded her statements before a magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) following by other women victims who recorded their statements before the magistrate.
The Delhi Police has also recorded the statements of 30 witnesses linked to the case and obtained the report of the oversight committee chaired by Olympian boxer Mary Kom, that was set up to probe the sexual harassment complaints against Singh.
The women have narrated the incidents that allegedly took place with them in various national and international matches overseas. Singh has been also asked to submit evidences in the case.
The SIT has visited Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Karnataka to gather evidence and record statements.
On April 21, seven female wrestlers, including the minor, had filed separate complaints of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation against the WFI president at Delhi’s Connaught Place police station. The wrestlers later approached the Supreme Court, stating that the police were not registering FIRs. Subsequently, the police registered two FIRs.
