Four wrestlers share audio, visual evidence against former WFI chief with police

Four of the six women athletes who have accused former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment have provided audio and visual evidence to corroborate their allegations, the police said on Sunday.I)..

Police are preparing to file an indictment against Singh, against whom some of Indias most successful athletes, including Olympic medallists and world champions, have been on protest, though they have suspended the stir till June 15 after the government sought time for a charge sheet to be filed..

A senior Delhi Police officer, aware of the matter, said separate notices, under Section 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), were issued to the six complainants on June 5 by the special investigation team (SIT) probing the matter..

It is an integral part of any investigation that if someone makes serious allegations against anyone, the investigators have the power to issue the notice to the complainant to provide all the evidences within the stipulated timeframe mentioned in the notice, which may corroborate the allegations made in the complaints, he said..

On Friday, a team of Delhi Police visited the WFI office with one of the complainants for about 30 minutes to recreate the sequence of events even as Singh was in his house on the same premises..

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