Brij Bhushan Singh Faces Rouse Avenue Court’s Rejection in Wrestlers’ Sexual Harassment Case; Verdict Due Next Month

Former President of the Indian Wrestling Federation and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh received an unfavourable decision from the Rouse Avenue Court as his application was rejected. The court’s ruling, set for May 7, will determine the framing of charges against six female wrestlers in a sexual harassment case they filed.

Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Priyanka Rajput made the announcement today. Brij Bhushan Singh had sought an investigation into the matter through his application. He requested time to respond to the allegations and for further investigation, asserting that he was not present in India during the alleged incident. The complainant accused him of being at the WFI office on the day of the purported sexual harassment.

Singh’s lawyer argued that the Delhi Police relied on the call detail records of the coach accompanying the complainant, which purportedly placed them at the WFI office on the alleged date of the assault. However, the lawyer claimed the police did not include the CDR in the record. Additionally, Singh’s defence emphasized his absence from the country on the day of the alleged crime.

Opposing Singh’s petition, the women wrestlers contended that it was a delaying tactic. Delhi Police had previously filed a charge sheet against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on June 15 under sections 354, 354A, 354D, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. The police also implicated WFI’s suspended assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in the case.