Cost sheet in opposition to Brij Bhushan elaborates statements of six feminine wrestlers with supporting proof: Police sources – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: The about 1500-page cost sheet filed in opposition to BJP MP and outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for offences of sexual harassment and stalking elaborates statements of all of the six feminine wrestlers with supporting proof, police sources mentioned on Thursday.
Out of the over 200 statements of the witnesses recorded as a part of the investigation, solely statements of these related and supporting the allegations made by the victims have been talked about within the cost sheet, they mentioned.
The sources additionally mentioned solely statements of 100 witnesses had been discovered to be related to the case however amongst these, solely statements of only a few witnesses corroborated with that of the allegations made by the victims.”All of the six feminine complainants within the case recorded their statements intimately and we’ve got collected supporting proof that are within the type of name particulars report (obtainable from final yr), pictures and movies are a part of the cost sheet,” a police supply mentioned.
The cost sheet discusses every of the sufferer’s case individually with supporting proof in every, the sources mentioned.
Statements of the eyewitnesses, co-participants, match referees and employees are a part of the cost sheet, they mentioned, including a supplementary cost sheet can be filed as and when extra witnesses and proof associated to the case are acquired.
The sources in the meantime mentioned Delhi Police can be approaching court docket inside two days for cancellation of an FIR registered in opposition to the wrestlers in reference to the ruckus at Jantar Mantar.
This was one of many assurances given by Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur throughout his assembly with wrestlers on June 7.
As a part of the probe, Delhi Police has additionally written to wrestling federations of 5 nations in search of particulars in reference to the alleged incidents of sexual harassment by Singh, however their reply is awaited. As soon as these are acquired, the main points will even be included within the cost sheet, the sources mentioned.
The notices had been despatched in search of pictures and video of the tournaments and the CCTV footage of the locations the place the wrestlers stayed throughout their matches, they mentioned.
The federal government had assured the agitating wrestlers that the cost sheet within the case can be filed by June 15, following which they’d suspended their stir.
On this case in opposition to Singh lodged on the idea of a criticism from six girls wrestlers, the cost sheet has been filed for the offences underneath sections 354 (assault or legal drive to girl with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment) and 354D (stalking) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The cost sheet has additionally been filed in opposition to Vinod Tomar, a suspended assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), for the offences underneath sections 109 (abetment of any offence, if the act abetted is dedicated in consequence, and the place no specific provision is made for its punishment), 354, 354A and 506 (legal intimidation) of the IPC.