WFI chief Brij Bhushan reacts to wrestlers going Haridwar, says ‘instead of immersing medals…’
BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said Delhi Police is investigating the sexual harassment allegations against him, and arrests would be made if anyone is found guilty
PremiumIn response to the wrestler's protest in Haridwar, BJP MP and chief of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Tuesday said that he cannot do anything in the matter and the Delhi Police is conducting the probe, in case anybody is found wrong, arrests will also take place. Brij Bhushan also mentioned that instead of immersing their medals in the Ganga river, the wrestlers chose to give it to Naresh Tikait.
The remarks by the BJP leader came as India's top wrestlers like Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia are protesting against him, accusing him of sexually harassing many female wrestlers including minors. On Sunday, Delhi Police clamped down the protests while it was en route to the location of the inauguration of the new Parliament building.
"Let the probe happen, it is in the hands of Delhi Police. If found wrong, then arresting will also take place," WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said in response to wrestlers protest in Haridwar.
Earlier today, the wrestlers reached Haridwar in an attempt to immerse their medals in the river Ganga as a mark of protest. The wrestlers also said that they will go fast unto death at India Gate for their demand of the arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
But, soon farmer leader Naresh Tikait appeared on the scene and requested the wrestlers to not immerse the medals. While taking away the medals from the wrestlers, Naresh Tikait sought a five-day time from the protesting wrestlers.
Meanwhile, a person named Amit Pehlwan, who claims to be the uncle of a minor girl who has accused Brij Bhushan of sexual harassment said that the protesting wrestlers are "misleading" his family and using them to frame Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The international governing body for wrestlers, United World Wrestling (UWW) condemned the Delhi Police action against the wrestlers and threatened that it might suspend the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) if its pending elections are not held within the stipulated time.
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