Delhi court to pass order on framing charges against Brij Bhushan Singh today

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May 10,2024 12:43 PM
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The Rouse Avenue Court in the national capital will pronounce the order on 'framing of charges' against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

New Delhi [India], March 10 (HBTV): The Rouse Avenue Court in the national capital on Friday will pronounce the order on 'framing of charges' against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the sexual harassment case lodged against him by six female wrestlers. 

Deferring the order on Tuesday, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Priyanka Rajpoot said the order is in the final stage but some editing work is pending, because of which the date of May 10 has being fixed.  

On April 26, the same court dismissed an application moved by Bhushan seeking further investigation into the case, claiming he was not in the country when the alleged sexual harassment took place on September 7, 2022.   

Singh claimed that he was not in Delhi on the said date but was in Serbia. He had also placed on record the call detail record of coach Vijender in relation to an alleged incident in the WFI office in New Delhi. 

Earlier, Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastav submitted that if something has not been argued by defense counsel, it is not the fault of the prosecution. It was submitted that on analysis of CDR, it was found that the location of the coach was in the same area where the WFI office is located.  

Advocate Rajiv Mohan appeared for Brij Bhushan. He argued that the victim went to Bulgaria in August 2022. Thereafter, she went to WFI in September 2022.  

The Delhi police filed the charge-sheet against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Vinod Tomar on June 15 the previous year.   

It stated that both the accused have been charge sheeted for trial 'without arrest' as they had complied with directives by joining the investigation.    

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.