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Sexual Harassment Case: Rouse Avenue Court Dismisses Brij Bhushan Singh’s Plea

Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Friday has dismissed an application filed by former Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh seeking further investigation into a sexual harassment case lodged by 6 female wrestlers against him.

While dismissing the application, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Priyanka Rajpoot fixed May 7 for an order on whether to frame charges against Singh in the case.

THE CASE

Singh moved the application seeking time to make further submissions on charges and for the further investigation, stating that he wasn’t in India on the date of one of the incidents wherein a complainant has alleged that she was harassed at the WFI office.

Singh’s counsel claimed that Delhi Police relied on the call detail records of the coach who accompanied the complainant and stated that they had gone to the WFI office on September 7, 2022, where she was allegedly molested.

However, the counsel claimed that the CDR has not been placed on record by police.

PREVIOUSLY IN CASE

The Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet in the case against Singh, a 6-time MP, on June 15 under sections 354, 354A, 354D and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

Police had also charged Vinod Tomar, the suspended assistant secretary of the WFI, in the case.

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