New Delhi: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, has been granted interim bail by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday. The bail comes in relation to the case involving allegations of sexual harassment of women wrestlers.
Vinod Tomar, another accused in the case, has also been granted interim bail by the court, along with Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The court has scheduled the regular bail hearing for both accused on July 20. Meanwhile, interim bail has been granted to both of them until the next date of the hearing. The court approved their interim bail on a bail bond of Rs 25,000 each.
The court had previously summoned Singh and Tomar after acknowledging the chargesheet filed against them for the alleged sexual harassment of several female wrestlers.
According to the Chargesheet filed by Delhi Police against the former WFI chief, Brij Bhushan Singh, it states that based on the ongoing investigation, he is deemed “liable to be prosecuted and punished for offences” of sexual harassment, molestation, and stalking.
On June 15, the Delhi Police filed a charge sheet that involved MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Vinod Tomar following a complaint lodged by female wrestlers. The charge sheet includes sections 354, 354D, 345A, and 506(1) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to Special Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava.
Earlier, the wrestlers declared their intention to continue their fight for justice in court instead of continuing their demonstrations on the streets.
Following their meeting with Anurag Thakur, the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of India, on June 7, the wrestlers temporarily halted their protest. Thakur set a deadline of June 15 for appropriate actions to be taken against Brij Bhushan Singh.
India’s prominent wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia, started a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital in January against Singh, which was then followed by a protest in April to draw attention to the lack of action on their complaints against the WFI chief.