Boxing legend MC Mary Kom will head a five-member Oversight Committee that
will run the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and also probe into the
allegations of ‘sexual misconduct, financial irregularities and
misgovernance’ levelled by India’s top wrestlers, including Olympic and
World Championships medallists, against the federation chief Brij Bhushan
Sharan Singh, other officials and some coaches at the national camp.The other members of the committee are London Olympics bronze medallist
Yogeshwar Dutt, former badminton player Trupti Murgunde, a member of SAI’s
Mission Olympic cell, and former SAI administrators Radhica Sreeman, and
Cdr Rajesh Rajagopalan.Announcing the names of the committee members in
Jabalpur, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said the committee has been given
one month’s time to complete its probe and till that time WFI chief Brij
Bhushan Sharan Singh will stay away from the day-to-day functioning of the
wrestling body.”The committee will look into the serious allegations
levelled against WFI. It will listen to both sides and complete its probe
in one month and submit a report. Till the probe is completed, the
Committee will also be in charge of the functioning of the WFI,” Thakur
said.
will run the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and also probe into the
allegations of ‘sexual misconduct, financial irregularities and
misgovernance’ levelled by India’s top wrestlers, including Olympic and
World Championships medallists, against the federation chief Brij Bhushan
Sharan Singh, other officials and some coaches at the national camp.The other members of the committee are London Olympics bronze medallist
Yogeshwar Dutt, former badminton player Trupti Murgunde, a member of SAI’s
Mission Olympic cell, and former SAI administrators Radhica Sreeman, and
Cdr Rajesh Rajagopalan.Announcing the names of the committee members in
Jabalpur, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said the committee has been given
one month’s time to complete its probe and till that time WFI chief Brij
Bhushan Sharan Singh will stay away from the day-to-day functioning of the
wrestling body.”The committee will look into the serious allegations
levelled against WFI. It will listen to both sides and complete its probe
in one month and submit a report. Till the probe is completed, the
Committee will also be in charge of the functioning of the WFI,” Thakur
said.