New Delhi:The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Monday adjourned the case against BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh after hearing the arguments of both the parties. The next hearing has been listed on October 19.
Singh was present at the court this morning. During the hearing, Singh's lawyers said that the oversight committee's report was handed over by the Centre to the Delhi Police commissioner and argued that it has been included in the chargesheet.
Singh's lawyers said that the complaint was filed in a "cosmetic manner" and their client had never called any of the women wrestlers to his office. Allegations of molestation were leveled instead of sexual harassment, they said. In September, Delhi Police informed court that the oversight committee, headed by boxer MC Mary Kom did not exonerate him.
Lawyer Rebecca John, representing the six women wresters argued that Singh did not challenge the chargesheet or the decision to take cognizance of the FIR in court. Only a single FIR was registered in the case wherein statements of all the complainants were recorded. All FIRs were registered against the same person and the crime stated by all the complainants is same. Singh touched the complainants inappropriately under the pretext of medical check-up and intended to outrage modesty, John added.