Ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan charged with sexual harassment

The former president of the Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Singh will be charged with sexual harassment as a Delhi court on Friday ordered framing charges against him in the sexual harassment case by female wrestlers. The BJP leader has also been charged with the offence of outraging the modesty of women.

Ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan charged with sexual harassment(Hindustan Times)

This winds up a long case which saw the wrestlers taking to the street against Brij Bhushan twice in 2023. The Delhi Police filed the chargesheet against Brij Bhushan Sharan on June 15. The chargesheet was filed under sections 354, 354 (A), 354 (D) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Amid these serious allegations, Brij Bhushan did not get a BJP ticket from his Kaiserganj constituency but his son Karan Bhushan Singh got it.

The Delhi Police chargesheet based on the complaints of the six wrestlers said that Brij Bhushan was "liable to be prosecuted and punished for offences of sexual harassment, molestation and stalking." The chargesheet stated that witnesses in the matter have mentioned that they also saw the "physically wrong gesture" of the then WFI president.