Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accused of sexual harassment, was at his MP bungalow at 21, Ashoka Road in New Delhi when the Delhi Police Friday took a woman-wrestler complainant to the WFI office on the same address.
According to the woman wrestler’s complaint and the FIR, the WFI president Singh had sexually harassed her at the office in 2019.
Speaking to The Indian Express, the woman wrestler said she felt scared when she got to know that Singh was present at his residence at the same time as she was at the WFI office.
“When I asked the police, they said nobody was there. But when I came home, I learned that Brij Bhushan was there (at this home). Later, I saw that Brij Bhushan spoke to the media and said he was sleeping inside. I was very uncomfortable because he is an accused and there is an FIR against him. Just going to the spot and repeating what happened to the police was tough. After knowing he was there, I felt scared,” she said.
When contacted, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi district) Pranav Tayal declined to comment.
A Delhi Police source said the wrestler, accompanied by five police personnel, including two women, was taken to the WFI office at 1.30 pm.
“The accused’s house and the WFI office are located on the same premises but at opposite ends. Brij Bhushan was at his house but the wrestler and the WFI president did not meet each other. They were there for half an hour. She was taken inside the WFI office. She was asked to retell what happened when she faced harassment,” the source said.
Speaking to reporters at the gate of his Ashoka Road residence, Singh said, “Nobody came to meet me. I was sleeping inside my room.”
The women wrestler also said though she received a notice from the police on Thursday, they did not do enough to ensure the media didn’t know about her visit to the WFI office.
To clarify the purpose of taking the woman wrestler to 21, Ashoka Road, the DCP, New Delhi, in a Twitter post, said: “Wrong news is doing the rounds that the female wrestler was going to Brij Bhushan’s house… On behalf of the Delhi Police, the female wrestler was taken to the Wrestling Federation of India office.”
This development comes two days after Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, following a meeting with Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, assured them that the police would file a chargesheet related to Singh’s alleged sexual harassment of wrestlers by June 15.
The wrestlers put on hold their protest against the non-arrest of Singh after the meeting with the Sports Minister.
A second woman wrestler has also accused Singh of sexual harassment at the WFI office on two occasions in 2017.
The Delhi Police, on April 28, registered two FIRs related to six adult wrestlers and a minor that have at least two instances of demands for “sexual favours” in lieu of professional assistance; close to 15 incidents of sexual harassment that include 10 episodes of inappropriate touching; several instances of intimidation including stalking.
A minor in two statements, one to the police and another before a magistrate, alleged sexual harassment and stalking by the WFI president but later withdrew her allegations.
According to the FIR, there were three incidents of alleged sexual harassment by Singh at the WFI office involving two wrestlers.
Singh has been accused of forceful physical contact, touching the palm, knee, thighs, and shoulders. Also, on the pretext of checking the breath of one wrestler, he placed his hand on her breast and slid it down to her stomach. These incidents allegedly happened at his WFI office, according to the FIR.
It stated that in 2019, the brother of one woman wrestler, who had accompanied her to the WFI office, was asked to stay outside when she entered Singh’s office. After asking those present in the room to leave, Singh, the FIR stated, pulled her towards him and tried to make forceful physical contact.
“Immediately, the accused pulled me towards himself and tried making forceful physical contact with me. Being shell-shocked, I ran away from the office. This really made me feel uncomfortable. He asked me for my personal mobile number at that time,” the FIR stated. This woman wrestler had gone to the WFI office because she had queries about a national camp.
The second woman wrestler, according to the FIR, accused Singh of touching her inappropriately and groping her on two days when she was called to the WFI office in 2017. On the first day, Singh touched her on her palm, knee, thighs and shoulder without her consent. She was asked to report to the WFI office two days later and he then touched her breast, and put his hand on her stomach saying he wanted to check her breathing pattern.
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