NEW DELHI: A lady wrestler, a number of the six complainants who’ve filed separate FIRs towards former Wrestling Federation of India ,WFIChief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, has testified that Singh sought sexual favors in lieu of bearing her clinical bills for the remedy of her harm.
This testimony by way of the complainant underneath segment 164 of CrPC paperwork a part of the Delhi police chargesheet, which runs into 1600 pages and has been positioned ahead of the Rouse Avenue District Court listening to the case, TOI has reliably realized.
“On 19.09.2022, I played in the final of the (weight category withheld) against (name of the opponent and her country of origin withheld). I had suffered an injury which required proper treatment which would enable me to continue my future in wrestling. Upon my arrival in India, I was called to the office of the WFI at 21 Ashoka Road where I met the accused (read Singh) who told me that the federation is willing to bear the expenses for my treatment provided I gave in to his sexual advances. I completely refused,” the complainant, who’s indexed as Wrestler No. 2 within the chargesheet, alleged.
Another complainant, indexed as Wrestler No. 6 In the fee sheet, accused Singh of providing to shop for her protein dietary supplements in change of sexual favors. “He used to ask me “mein kaisa lag raha tha aaj?”, “apply kaisi chal rahi hai”, “mereko bata dio agar kuch chahiye ho toh”, “tu mujhe apna hello samajh”. In November 2012, to further fulfill his sexual intentions, he tried to bribe me by offering to buy me supplements which I would require in exchange for sexual favors.”
While the entire complainants reported alleged acts of sexual abuse on other events by way of Singh and his shut aides, each regionally and on global excursions, the wrestlers additionally accused the previous WFI leader of threatening them by way of issuing display reason notices at his whim.
“His aides would call up wrestlers to meet him personally at the federation office alone, apologize (to Singh) or face serious consequences,” the complainants alleged.
Singh, on his phase, advised his investigators on May 6, 2023 at NPL Kingsway Camp right here that he neither met feminine wrestlers on my own at his legit bungalow, which housed the WFI place of work, nor touched them inappropriately all over nationwide camps since all the house used to be lined To set up CCTV.
The complainants, of their testimonies, additionally forged severe aspersions at the equity of the probe performed by way of the government-appointed six-member oversight committee, headed by way of MC Mary Kom,
“During the oversight committee hearings, the members said the alleged acts of the accused No. 1 (read Singh) were nothing but innocent acts done in good faith and that we were interpreting the same in a wrongful manner.”
This testimony by way of the complainant underneath segment 164 of CrPC paperwork a part of the Delhi police chargesheet, which runs into 1600 pages and has been positioned ahead of the Rouse Avenue District Court listening to the case, TOI has reliably realized.
“On 19.09.2022, I played in the final of the (weight category withheld) against (name of the opponent and her country of origin withheld). I had suffered an injury which required proper treatment which would enable me to continue my future in wrestling. Upon my arrival in India, I was called to the office of the WFI at 21 Ashoka Road where I met the accused (read Singh) who told me that the federation is willing to bear the expenses for my treatment provided I gave in to his sexual advances. I completely refused,” the complainant, who’s indexed as Wrestler No. 2 within the chargesheet, alleged.
Another complainant, indexed as Wrestler No. 6 In the fee sheet, accused Singh of providing to shop for her protein dietary supplements in change of sexual favors. “He used to ask me “mein kaisa lag raha tha aaj?”, “apply kaisi chal rahi hai”, “mereko bata dio agar kuch chahiye ho toh”, “tu mujhe apna hello samajh”. In November 2012, to further fulfill his sexual intentions, he tried to bribe me by offering to buy me supplements which I would require in exchange for sexual favors.”
While the entire complainants reported alleged acts of sexual abuse on other events by way of Singh and his shut aides, each regionally and on global excursions, the wrestlers additionally accused the previous WFI leader of threatening them by way of issuing display reason notices at his whim.
“His aides would call up wrestlers to meet him personally at the federation office alone, apologize (to Singh) or face serious consequences,” the complainants alleged.
Singh, on his phase, advised his investigators on May 6, 2023 at NPL Kingsway Camp right here that he neither met feminine wrestlers on my own at his legit bungalow, which housed the WFI place of work, nor touched them inappropriately all over nationwide camps since all the house used to be lined To set up CCTV.
The complainants, of their testimonies, additionally forged severe aspersions at the equity of the probe performed by way of the government-appointed six-member oversight committee, headed by way of MC Mary Kom,
“During the oversight committee hearings, the members said the alleged acts of the accused No. 1 (read Singh) were nothing but innocent acts done in good faith and that we were interpreting the same in a wrongful manner.”