Brij Bhushan Singh 'liable to be punished’ for offences of sexual harassment: Delhi Police chargesheet

Among the list of witnesses, two have also corroborated the statement of the victim. Chargesheet stated that witnesses in the matter have mentioned that they also saw the physical wrong gesture of the then Wrestling Federation of India president.

Singh, on July 7, was summoned by a Delhi court to appear on July 18 in the wrestlers' sexual harassment case. Singh acknowledged the summon, adding that he will appear in court as asked and not ask for any exemption.

The court also summoned Vinod Tomar, suspended assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India.

The Delhi police had filed a chargesheet against Brij Bhushan, a six-time MP, on June 15 under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Tomar was charged with offences under Sections 109 (abetment of any offence, if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment), 354, 354A and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.

Meanwhile, the Congress on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s "silence" over the sexual harassment charge against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and said the government is facing a test from India’s daughters.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate asked when will Prime Minister Modi expel Singh, who is also the outgoing Wrestling Federation of India chief, from the BJP and when will he be arrested.

"Why is Prime Minister Modi silent on the issue of sexual harassment against women sportspersons? When will Modi ji expel MP Brij Bhushan Singh from the party? When will Brij Bhushan Singh be arrested? When will the Modi government stop giving protection and patronising Brij Bhushan Singh," Shrinate asked.

"You and your government are facing a test Mr Modi, not from the Opposition but from India’s daughters," the Congress spokesperson said.

Shrinate said women wrestlers had levelled sexual harassment allegations against Brij Bhushan Singh to the oversight committee constituted in January. But the panel ignored those. Not only that, even in the report submitted to the Sports Ministry, the committee remained silent on the allegations, she claimed. Humiliated, the wrestlers went to the Ganges to throw their medals in it. Even then the government did not appeal to them, the Congress leader said.

She claimed that 15 of the 108 people the Delhi police spoke to during the investigation have confirmed the charges of sexual harassment, stalking, threatening and intimidation against Brij Bhushan Singh.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a tweet in Hindi, said that going by law and ethics, a person accused of atrocities against women should be removed from his post, fair investigation should be done, he should be arrested and punished in the court of law.

"But in the BJP government, why is the one accused of atrocities against women players who brought laurels to the country protected and why is the matter being hushed up during investigation? Why is the entire government silent on this matter? Why is the accused still in the BJP and why no action has been taken?" she asked.