Wrestlers Protest: Delhi Police Lodges Two FIRs Against WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Coaches in Sexual Harassment of Women Wrestlers

New Delhi, April 28: Delhi Police on Friday finally registered two FIRs allegedly against Wrestling Federation of India coaches and its President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, in connection with the sexual harassment allegations made by women wrestlers.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi, Pranav Tayal said that in the matter of complaints received from female wrestlers, two FIRs have been registered in Connaught Place police station. Wrestlers Protest: Two FIRs Against WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Over Sexual Harassment Complaints.

"The first one pertains to allegations levelled by a minor victim which is registered under the POCSO Act along with relevant IPC sections concerning outraging of modesty etc. Wrestlers Protest: WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Ready to Cooperate With Delhi Police in Investigation, Says 'No One Is Bigger Than Judiciary in the Country' (Watch Video).

"The second FIR is registered for carrying out comprehensive investigations into the complaints tendered by other, adult complainants under relevant sections pertaining to outraging of modesty etc," he said.

Investigation into both the FIRs is being taken up in right earnest, the DCP added. This development comes after Delhi Police earlier on Friday had informed the Supreme Court that they will register an FIR.

As the women wrestlers expressed their concerns regarding security and safety and the multiple cases against Singh, Chief Justice of India, D.Y Chandrachud, recorded the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta's statement and requested security for the complainant.

The court had decided not to monitor the investigation and would ask the police to provide updates. Mehta mentioned that the case is heading in a different direction, and the bench noted that since the allegations implicate the commission for a cognisable offense, an FIR must be registered.

Meanwhile, India's first two individual gold medals at the Olympics, Abhinav Bindra and Neeraj Chopra, led some of the country's tpoop sportspersons in expressing their support for the wrestlers protesting against the Wrestling Federation of India chief at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and Asian and Commonwealth Games medallist Vinesh Phogat are currently leading the protest against Singh, accusing him and some coaches of sexual harassment.

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