Delhi court seeks status report from police over probe against WFI chief

A Delhi court on Wednesday sought a status report from the city police over the FIRs registered against Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment charges.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjit Singh Jaspal issued notice to the Delhi Police over a plea moved by the wrestlers seeking monitoring of the investigation and recording of the statement of the alleged victims before the court.
The court directed the police to file the report by 12 May when it will further hear the matter.
The plea moved by the women wrestlers had sought a direction from the court to produce a status report on the investigation in the matter. The application claimed that nothing has been done by the police after the registration of FIRs on 28 April.
“Police are not ready to conduct any inquiry. Not even the statement of the victims has been recorded before the court by the police,” it claimed.
The copies of two FIRs against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh were also produced in the court in a sealed cover. One FIR was registered under the POCSO Act in the matter of sexual harassment with a minor girl while another FIR has been registered for sexual harassment of other complainants.
The women wrestlers had approached the Supreme Court over the matter following which the FIRs were registered.
The country’s top wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat, resumed their sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar on 23 April demanding the arrest of the Wrestling Federation of India president.