The Delhi Police had on April 28 registered the 2 FIRs at Connaught Place police station, together with one by the daddy of a minor wrestler invoking POCSO Act that entails jail time period as much as seven years on conviction.
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The FIRs registered following a Supreme Courtroom order have charged Singh below varied IPC sections together with assaulting a girl to outrage her modesty (Part 354), sexual harassment (354 A), stalking (354 D) which are punishable with jail phrases of two-three years.
A few of the complainants additionally alleged that Singh made advances to hunt “sexual favours” promising to assist them of their skilled careers.
Singh has denied all the costs and stated he’ll cling himself even when a single allegation is proved in opposition to him. He has additionally maintained that every one wrestlers are like his kids and he won’t blame them as his blood and sweat have additionally gone into their success.
The FIR filed by the six wrestlers additionally names Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) secretary Vinod Tomar as an accused.
Within the FIR filed on the idea of complaints by the grownup wrestlers, one in every of them alleged, “Whereas I used to be coaching, the accused referred to as me individually, to which I refused for the reason that accused was touching different ladies additionally inappropriately. Nonetheless, I used to be once more referred to as by the accused who then pulled up my T-shirt and slid his hand down my abdomen and put his hand on my naval on the pretext of checking my breath.
“It was throughout my keep within the resort that I seen that every one the feminine athletes used to journey in teams every time they left their respective rooms so as to keep away from assembly the accused alone.”
The second wrestler alleged, “Whereas I used to be stretching/warming up on the bottom on a mat, the accused got here there and stood on the aspect watching me.
“Whereas I used to be mendacity down on the mat, the accused got here close to me and all of the sudden, to my shock and shock, leaned in on me and within the absence of my coach and with out in search of my permission pulled up my T-shirt and positioned his hand on my breast and slid it down my abdomen on the pretext of inspecting/checking my respiratory and touched me inappropriately.”
One other wrestler alleged she was harassed throughout a crew {photograph} clicked.
“Whereas I used to be standing within the final row and ready for the opposite wrestlers to take their place, the accused got here and stood alongside me. To my shock and shock, I all of the sudden felt a hand on my buttock. I instantly regarded again and to my horror, the accused had positioned his fingers on my buttock… Nonetheless, once I tried shifting away, I used to be forcibly held on my shoulder by the accused. One way or the other, I managed to get free from the clutches of the accused,” she alleged.
The wrestler quantity 4 acknowledged, “Throughout a medal ceremony, the accused referred to as me and began asking me private questions. As soon as the ceremony bought over, he on the pretext of getting an image clicked with me, forcefully in opposition to my will pulled me in the direction of him by my shoulder tightly and compelled me to get an image clicked.”
“In an effort to shield myself, I attempted shifting away from the accused and knowledgeable him that I did not possess a cell phone to get an image clicked. The accused in response replied by saying that he possessed a cell phone with him and the image might be taken on his machine,” the FIR stated.
“In an effort to shield myself, I attempted shifting away from the accused and knowledgeable him that I did not possess a cell phone to get an image clicked. The accused in response replied by saying that he possessed a cell phone with him and the image might be taken on his machine,” the FIR acknowledged.
The wrestler quantity 5 acknowledged Singh tried to bribe her by providing to purchase dietary supplements.
“I gained a medal in a championship. Whereas I used to be resting in my room, a physiotherapist got here to my room and advised me that the president/accused is asking me in his room. I believed, since I had gained the championship, the accused wished to congratulate me.
“I went to the room the place I met the accused. He made me speak to my mother and father on the cellphone, since at the moment I didn’t possess a private cell phone,” she claimed.
“Nonetheless, after the cellphone name ended, to my utter shock and shock, the accused referred to as me in the direction of his mattress the place he was sitting after which swiftly, he hugged me forcefully with out my permission.
“He so as to additional fulfil his sexual intentions, additionally tried to bribe me by providing to purchase me dietary supplements which I’ll require as an athlete in trade for sexual favours,” the FIR stated.
The grievance by the minor’s father alleged that Singh forcibly pulled his daughter in the direction of him and sexually harassed her after which she was “utterly disturbed and haunted”.
“Pursuant to profitable the medal, the accused who’s the president of WFI on the pretext of taking an image with my daughter, forcefully pulled her in the direction of himself and held her so tightly by her arms that she couldn’t transfer or free herself from his grip.
“Whereas holding her so tightly and pretending to get an image clicked, the accused additional squeezed her in the direction of himself and pressed actually exhausting on her shoulder after which intentionally slid his hand down her shoulder and brushed his fingers in opposition to her breasts…”
The complainants levelled allegations in opposition to Singh citing completely different events throughout championship occasions in addition to WFI workplace, together with in India in addition to overseas.
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