Wrestlers Protests: Status Report filed and SIT formed & court ask to record statements

On Friday, Delhi police filed status report on women wrestler’s application in alleged sexual offence against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh.The court was also informed that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to investigate the matter.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjit Singh Jaspal heard the submissions of Additional public prosecutor (APP) Atul Shrivastava and Defence counsel. The court said that it shall decide upon the application once the statement before the court is recorded.Meanwhile, the status report may be kept in a sealed cover.APP Atul Srivastava submitted that a detailed reply has been filed on the application. An SIT has also been formed in the matter. The statement of one of the victims is to be recorded before the court today.

The court asked the Delhi police to record the statement of all the victims before the court. The matter has been listed on May 27 for further hearing.The Court asked the police to give a copy of the report to the Defence counsel.The APP Shrivastava submitted that the report should not be shared as this is a matter of Sexual harassment and it may hamper the investigation and may also disclose the identity of the victims.The report should not be shared with anyone due to the confidentiality and sensitivity of the matter.

The counsel for the victims argued that the public prosecutor is merely tryei6to hamper the victims’ rights and trying to veil the investigation.He also argued that the matter came to the notice of the police on April 21. The accused is disclosing the facts of the investigation in the media. How does he know what is happening in the investigation?
In the first part of the hearing The court had asked, ” Do You want an in camera proceeding?” The defence counsel replied in the affirmative.The counsel for the wrestlers submitted that the police is hiding what is happening in the investigation of our case.