THE LONE minor a number of the seven feminine wrestlers, who filed police court cases alleging sexual harassment by way of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, has recorded her observation sooner than a Justice of the Peace beneath Segment 164 of the Code of Legal Process (CrPC).
“The minor seemed sooner than a Justice of the Peace and gave her observation on Wednesday,” a senior officer from the Delhi Police headquarters showed.
The police officer additionally showed {that a} understand have been despatched to the WFI, asking it to offer sure paperwork and main points of tournaments by which the complainants had participated. One of the vital alleged incidents of sexual harassment are learnt to have befell at tournaments the place Brij Bhushan used to be additionally provide.
Remaining week, the police recorded the statements of the complainants beneath Segment 161 of the CrPC. On the other hand, those aren’t admissible in courtroom. “The statements of the opposite six complainants are but to be recorded sooner than the Justice of the Peace,” the senior police officer mentioned.
The Delhi Police has additionally recorded the statements of 15 witnesses connected to the case and bought the record of the oversight committee chaired by way of Olympian boxer Mary Kom, that used to be set as much as probe the sexual harassment court cases in opposition to Brij Bhushan.
“We’ve got gained a record from the oversight committee, the place they have got recorded the statements of the sufferers and others, however we’ve got additionally recorded their (sufferers’) contemporary statements for our case,” the officer mentioned.
On Saturday, probably the most protesting wrestlers, Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, made a plea to document the statements of the alleged sufferers sooner than a Justice of the Peace.
“Our statements have no longer been recorded beneath (Segment) 164 and we’re looking ahead to this. The police had been given a closing date to be sure that the statements are recorded… My request is to document our statements once imaginable, as a result of most effective then can the case transfer ahead,” she mentioned.
On April 21, seven feminine wrestlers, together with the minor, had filed separate court cases of sexual harassment and legal intimidation in opposition to the WFI president at Delhi’s Connaught Position police station. The wrestlers later approached the Preferrred Courtroom, mentioning that the police weren’t registering FIRs. Due to this fact, the police registered two FIRs — one beneath the POCSO Act, and every other in response to the court cases of grownup girls wrestlers.
A few of India’s best wrestlers, together with Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi and Global Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, had been protesting at Jantar Mantar since April 23. They have got mentioned that they’re going to finish their protest when Brij Bhushan is arrested beneath related sections.
On Wednesday, Sakshi mentioned they have been in a position to take a narco check, and challenged Brij Bhushan to do the similar. “I problem WFI president to take a narco check. We also are prepared to take the check. Let the reality pop out within the open, who’s the offender and who isn’t,” she mentioned right through a media interplay.
Alleging prolong within the police investigation, the protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar have made up our minds to put on black armbands to mark their protest.