New Delhi: A Delhi court, on March 3, will record the statement of one of the female wrestlers who have accused former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment.
The matter, which was scheduled to be taken up on Saturday, was adjourned because Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasiya was on leave.
The court had, in May last year, framed the charges of sexual harassment and using force to outrage women's modesty against Singh in the criminal case filed against him by the female wrestlers.
Singh pleaded not guilty in the case and claimed trial.
The court has also framed the charge of criminal intimidation against Singh, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, in the case.
It has also framed the charge of criminal intimidation against co-accused and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in the case.
Singh, as the WFI President, faced wrestlers’ protest on the issue and the Delhi Police had filed two cases against him after the Supreme Court ordered them to do so.
One of the FIRs was over a complaint of sexual harassment by a minor, filed under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, which gives no scope for bail.
Yet the Delhi police has made no efforts to arrest Singh, who insisted that he will face an inquiry but will not resign ‘as a criminal’ and he stuck to his words.
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