According to the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Singh is “liable to be prosecuted and punished for offences” of sexual harassment, molestation, and stalking.
The charge sheet was issued after the top wrestlers from India staged a 37-day sit-in at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest the lack of response to their accusations of Singh’s sexual harassment. They later met with Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, who agreed to give Delhi Police until June 15 to present its accusation sheet. The Supreme Court ordered the police to register the first information report in April.
According to the charge sheet filed by the Delhi police against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, based on the preliminary investigation, Singh was “liable to be prosecuted and punished for offences” of sexual harassment, stalking, and molestation.
The Delhi police has asked the court to summon Singh and the witnesses based on the charge sheet. The charge sheet indicates that the accused “may be summoned to face trial and witnesses whose names appear on the list of witnesses attached to the charge sheet may be called for their examination and examination of the documents referred to with their names.”
The charge sheet states that 108 witnesses were interviewed by the investigators, and that 15 of them wrestlers, coaches, and referees confirmed the claims made by the wrestlers.
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, president of the WFI, is charged with many offenses and is said to be “liable to be prosecuted & punished for offenses” in the charge sheet.