New Delhi: In a recent big update, a Delhi court has framed former WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh in a sexual harassment case. As per the recent update, the former BJP MP has also been charged with the
New Delhi: In a recent big update, a Delhi court has framed former WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh in a sexual harassment case. As per the recent update, the former BJP MP has also been charged with the offence of outraging the modesty of women.
Earlier on Tuesday, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Priyanka Rajpoot said that the order is in the final stage but some editing work is pending, because of which the date of May 10 is being fixed.
On April 26, the same court dismissed an application moved by Bhushan seeking further investigation into the case, claiming he was not in the country when the alleged sexual harassment took place on September 7, 2022.
Singh claimed that he was not in Delhi on the said date but was in Serbia. Singh had also placed on record the Call Detail Record of coach Vijender in relation to an alleged incident in the WFI office in New Delhi.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Atul Srivastav earlier submitted that if something has not been argued by defence counsel, it is not the fault of the prosecution. APP submitted that, on analysis of CDR, it was found that the location of the coach was in the same area where the WFI office is situated.
Advocate Rajiv Mohan appeared for Brij Bhushan. He argued that the victim went to Bulgaria in August 2022. Thereafter, she went to WFI in September 2022.
Charges Against Former WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh
The Delhi Police filed the chargesheet against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Vinod Tomar on June 15 last year. It stated that both accused are charged with trial ‘without arrest’ as they have complied with the directions u/s 41A CrPC by joining the investigation.
The chargesheet was filed under sections 354, 354 (A), and 354 (D) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The accused, Vinod Tomar, allegedly aided/facilitated the commission of the crime. Accordingly, he is being forwarded for trial under sections 354, 354 (A), 109 and 506 of the IPC.
The 1599-page chargesheet in the case has the statements of 44 witnesses recorded under CrPC 164.
Delhi Police, in the chargesheet, also submitted several pictures, including the picture clicked during the events.
The Delhi Police chargesheet stated that based on the “investigation so far,” of the complaints by six top wrestlers, Singh was “liable to be prosecuted and punished for offences of sexual harassment, molestation and stalking.”
The charge sheet stated that witnesses in the matter have mentioned that they also saw the “physically wrong gesture” of the then WFI president. This case was lodged based on a complaint lodged by female wrestlers.
In the wrestlers’ matter, two FIRs were registered against Brij Bhushan on the basis of the wrestlers’ complaints. One was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and a cancellation report has been filed in this case of a minor wrestler.
Delhi Police officials had said that in the FIR registered by the wrestlers, “after completion of the investigation, we are filing a chargesheet for the offences under sections 354, 354A, and 354D of the IPC against accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and for the offenses under sections 109, 354, 354A, and 506 of the IPC against accused Vinod Tomar before the Rouse Avenue Court.
(With inputs from agencies)
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