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Haryana: A day after Delhi Police asked a city court to quash a case against former wrestling federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, the father of the minor complainant is a study in contradictions.e...
He said he fabricated most of the allegations that made up the bulk of one of the two first information reports (FIRs) against Singh, but insisted that one of the incidents mentioned in the FIR where the 66-year-old parliamentarian allegedly made the minor complainant uncomfortable is true..
But he also admitted that the idea for the now-withdrawn allegations came to him, of his own accord, during a meeting with Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia, Rio Games bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, and double World Championships medallist Vinesh Phogat, mere days before they began their protest..
On Thursday, Delhi Police charged Singh with sexual harassment, stalking, and assault or force to outrage the modesty of a woman, but told a court to cancel the Pocso case due to a lack of corroborating evidence..
This came days after the minor complainant withdrew her statement against Singh before a district magistrate and her father told reporters that the allegations were fabricated..
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