‘Hand on my bum…’: Brijbhushan Saran Singh’s shocking allegation in police FIR

New Delhi, Jun 2 (PTI) Delhi Police has registered two FIRs against outgoing WFI president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on the basis of complaints from six adult wrestlers and the father of a minor. stalking and intimidating him at various times and places, including abroad, for more than a decade. The Delhi Police had on April 28 registered two FIRs at the Connaught Place police station by the father of a minor wrestler invoking the POCSO Act, which carries a jail term of up to seven years upon conviction.

The FIR, registered following a Supreme Court order, has charged Singh under various sections of the IPC, including assault on a woman to outrage her modesty (Section 354), sexual harassment (354A), stalking (354 D), which is punishable with imprisonment of two to three terms. Year. Some of the complainants also alleged that Singh proceeded to receive “sexual favors” by promising to help them with their professional careers. Singh has denied all the allegations and has said that even if a single allegation against him is proved, he will hang himself. He has also said that all wrestlers are like his children and he will not blame them as his success has gone through his blood and sweat.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) secretary Vinod Tomar has also been named as an accused in the FIR filed by the six wrestlers. In the FIR lodged on the basis of complaints from adult wrestlers, one of them alleged, “When I was training, the accused called me separately, which I refused as the accused was also touching other girls inappropriately.” However, I was again. The accused called and then pulled my T-shirt and slipped his hand under my stomach and put his hand on my navel on the pretext of checking my breath. “While staying in the hotel I saw That all the women athletes used to travel in groups whenever they came out of their respective rooms to avoid meeting the accused alone. Are you looking at me?

“While I was lying on the mat, the accused came to me and suddenly, to my shock and surprise, leaned over me and in the absence of my coach and without my permission, pulled my T-shirt and placed his hand on my breast. But on the pretext of checking/examining my breath, slipped it below my stomach and touched me inappropriately.” Another wrestler alleged that he was harassed while clicking a team picture. “While I was standing in the last row and waiting for other wrestlers to take their positions, the accused came and stood with me. To my astonishment and astonishment, I suddenly felt a hand on my buttock. I immediately I looked back and out of fear the accused had put his hand on my buttock near me… However, when I tried to leave, the accused forcibly held my shoulder. Somehow I managed to escape from the clutches of the accused. I succeeded.” ,

The number four wrestler said, “During a medal ceremony, the accused called me up and started asking me personal questions. After the ceremony was over, he forcefully pulled me towards him against my will on the pretext of clicking a picture with me.” My shoulder was tightened and forced me to click a picture.” “To save myself, I tried to move away from the accused and told him that I do not have a mobile phone to click photographs. The accused replied that he had a mobile phone and pictures could be taken on his device,” the FIR stated. “To save myself, I tried to move away from the accused and told him that I did not have a mobile phone to take photographs. The accused replied that he had a mobile phone and photographs.” can be taken on his device,” the FIR states.

Wrestler No. 5 said that Singh tried to bribe him by offering to buy dietary supplements. “I won a medal in a championship. When I was resting in my room, a physiotherapist came to my room and told me that the chairman/accused is calling me to his room. I thought, since I had won the championship, the accused would Wanted to congratulate.” I went to the room where I met the accused. He made me talk to my parents on the phone, as I did not have a personal mobile phone at that time. The bed on which he was sitting and Then suddenly, he forcefully hugged me without my permission. “He also tried to bribe me by offering to buy me supplements, which I used as an athlete, to satisfy his sexual urges,” the FIR states. as may be required.”

The complaint by the minor’s father alleged that Singh forcibly pulled his daughter towards him and sexually assaulted her, following which she was “completely upset and distressed”. “On the pretext of winning the medal, the WFI President accused forcibly pulled my daughter towards him and held her by his arms so tightly that she could neither move nor release from his hold “Holding her so tightly and pretending to take a picture, the accused pulled her towards him and pressed her shoulder very forcefully and then deliberately slipped his hand below her shoulder and with his hands Rubbed hands on breasts…” The complainants made allegations against Singh citing various occasions in India as well as abroad during championship events as well as at the WFI office.