New Delhi.25 april 2023. The sit-in by women wrestlers at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar continues for the third day on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the petition of 7 women wrestlers. The court said, ‘The wrestlers have made serious allegations of sexual harassment in the petition. These need to be considered. Now the matter will be heard on Friday.
CJI DY Chandrachud has also issued a notice to the Delhi Police for not registering an FIR against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. In addition, the Supreme Court asked to remove the names of 7 women complainants from judicial records, so that their identity would not be revealed. 7 women wrestlers on Monday filed a petition for registering an FIR against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Wrestlers’ counsel Narendra Hooda said, “We have sought directions to register an FIR against accused Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.” Despite serious allegations, Delhi Police was not registering any FIR in this case. The SC found the matter serious and has issued a notice to the Delhi government and the Delhi Police seeking their response.
Babita, who was part of the inquiry committee, said – the report was snatched from me
Meanwhile, Babita Phogat, a member of the Oversight Committee of the Union Sports Ministry, said that the investigation was not done properly, I was not even allowed to read the report. Babita said that the report has not been made with everyone’s consent. While reading the investigation report, it was snatched from my hand. Sai director and Radhika Sriman, who was part of the inquiry committee, also misbehaved with me. Many of my points were ignored. I have registered my objection in that report.
At the same time, the Supreme Court has accepted the petition of 7 wrestlers in this matter. In which FIR has been demanded against Sangh President Brij Bhushan. The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Delhi Police seeking its reply. The next hearing of the case will be on Friday.
On the question of how many girls will be harassed by the Speaker, Vinesh said, there is no count of it.
Vinesh Phogat said, ‘I tell you 100, I tell 200, I tell 500, I tell 700, I tell 1000, whatever I tell, I feel less. Because for 12 years we have seen its atrocities that how much has happened. He must have left only one girl in wrestling, with whom he did not try to misbehave or sexually harass.
He alleged,
‘Hardly a single girl would have survived in wrestling. I cannot tell the count of how many this has happened to. This whole system is connected in this work. A single man does nothing. The whole system follows up which girl is going where and from where. Have to get their mobile number, have a conversation with them. It is a complete system, through which everyone goes and then Brij Bhushan enters.
WFI said – wrestlers are creating pressure
WFI said that the wrestlers make committees formed by putting pressure on the institutions. When the investigation reaches the verdict, try to prove everyone wrong. How appropriate it is to display power without showing faith in the system and law.
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उसी को गलत साबित करने में लग जाएँ— Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) (@wfi_wrestling) April 24, 2023
2 committees for investigation, both chaired by Mary Kom
Two committees are probing the matter. First- Oversight Committee by the Union Sports Ministry. President Mary Kom has been made. Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, Dhyanchand Awardee Trupti Murgunde, Sports Authority of India (SAI) member Radhika Sriman, besides former TOPS committee CEO Commander Rajesh Rajgopalan were made members. Later Babita was included in it as the sixth member.
Second- Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has also formed a 7-member committee to investigate the allegations of wrestlers. Boxer Mary Kom was also the chairperson of this committee. This includes archer Dola Banerjee, badminton player Alaknanda Ashok, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, Indian Weightlifting Federation President Sahdev Yadav.
Know what are the allegations against BJP MP Brij Bhushan?
On January 18, wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia started a sit-in at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Vinesh Phogat wept and alleged that Federation President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and coach sexually harass women wrestlers in the national camp. Vinesh also said that Brij Bhushan used to stay in the players’ hotel, which is against the rules. After the defeat in Tokyo Olympics, the WFI president called me a fake coin.
