Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (Picture: PTI/File)
The courtroom directed the police drive to make sure the protection and safety of the wrestlers who’ve accused former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment in order that they might testify with out worry or intimidation.
A Delhi courtroom directed the town police on Thursday to instantly reinstate the safety of a feminine wrestler who has accused former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment.
Extra Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace Priyanka Rajpoot handed the interim order, noting that the wrestler has to seem earlier than the courtroom on Friday to get her assertion recorded within the matter.
The courtroom was listening to functions filed by senior advocate Rebecca John for 3 wrestlers, claiming that their safety was withdrawn on Wednesday night time.
The courtroom directed police to file an in depth report by Friday relating to the explanations for the withdrawal of the candidates’ safety.
“Within the meantime, as an interim measure to make sure the protection of the complainant/sufferer no.4 (as per the record of witnesses), the DCP involved is directed to make instant and applicable preparations for her safety till her deposition is full and till additional orders from this courtroom. Accordingly, let a discover be issued to the DCP involved with a path to file a compliance report on the subsequent date,” the Justice of the Peace mentioned and posted the matter for Friday.
On Thursday night, high Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat claimed on X that police have withdrawn the safety of the ladies wrestlers who’re set to testify towards Singh in courtroom.
जिन महिला पहलवानों की बृजभूषण के ख़िलाफ़ कोर्ट में गवाहियाँ होने वाली हैं, दिल्ली पुलिस ने उनकी सुरक्षा हटा ली है @DelhiPolice @DCWDelhi @NCWIndia— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) August 22, 2024
“Delhi Police has withdrawn the safety of the ladies wrestlers who’re going to testify towards Brij Bhushan within the courtroom,” Phogat mentioned in a publish on the microblogging platform and tagged the Delhi Police in addition to the Nationwide Fee for Girls and the Delhi Fee for Girls.
Phogat had reached the Paris Olympics closing in her weight class however was disqualified from the Video games for being obese forward of the gold medal bout.
In response to the Supreme Courtroom’s instructions, safety preparations had been made for the complainants after assessing their menace notion, one of many functions mentioned.
“Additionally it is acknowledged that since then, the complainants have been supplied with PSOs for his or her safety. Nonetheless, the complainants have just lately been knowledgeable by their PSOs that as per the instructions acquired from larger officers, their safety has been withdrawn simply someday earlier than the date of listening to earlier than this courtroom, when complainant no.4 is required to seem earlier than the courtroom to testify,” it claimed.
The applying urged the courtroom to move obligatory instructions to make sure the protection and safety of the candidates, “in order that they might testify with out worry or intimidation”.
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