Opposing wrestlers: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by several women wrestlers, on Sunday said it was a conspiracy by Congress leader Deepender Hooda and Olympian Bajrang Punia. WFI said that they have an audio clip to prove this.
WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said, “The whole conspiracy is hatched by Congress leader Deepender Hooda, wrestler Bajrang Punia… We have an audio clip to prove it, will give it to Delhi Police when the time comes.”
Earlier in the day, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh termed the wrestlers’ protest as politically motivated.
The WFI chief also said that he would resign if the wrestlers wanted to but would they go back home and sleep peacefully.
An upset WFI chief praised Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav for not associating himself with the ongoing protest by the country’s top wrestlers, saying Yadav was “standing by the truth”.
Singh has been at the center of a controversy ever since wrestlers leveled allegations of sexual harassment against him and demanded registration of an FIR against him as well as his ouster from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
Various political parties including Congress, AAP and others have extended their support to the protesting wrestlers.
The Delhi Police had on Friday registered two FIRs against Singh on allegations of sexual harassment leveled by seven women wrestlers. While the first FIR pertained to the allegations of a minor wrestler and was registered under the POCSO Act, the second was related to outraging the modesty.
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