A Delhi court has junked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Singh’s plea seeking further probe into the sexual harassment case against him filed by women wrestlers.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot of Rouse Avenue Courts will pronounce the order on framing of charges in the case on May 7.
On April 18, the court deferred the order on framing of charges against Singh after the BJP MP moved the fresh application.
In his application, Singh sought time for making further submissions on charges and for further investigation, saying he was not in India on the date of one of the incidents, where a complainant has alleged that she was harassed at the WFI office.
Singh’s counsel claimed that Delhi Police had relied on the call detail records (CDR) of the coach who had accompanied the complainant and stated that they had gone to the WFI office on September 7, 2022, where she was allegedly molested.
However, the CDR has not been placed on record by police, the counsel claimed. Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet in the case against Singh, a six-time MP, on June 15 under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
Police had also charged Vinod Tomar, the suspended assistant secretary of the WFI, in the case.
(With PTI inputs)
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