The sidelined WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Tuesday appeared
before the government-appointed oversight committee, which is investigating
into sexual abuse allegations against him, and outrightly rejected all the
charges.
The Committee, led by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom, was formed on
January 23 to investigate into the claims made by country’s top wrestlers
that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) boss Brij Bhushan has sexually
harassed several women wrestlers, intimidates the athletes and run the
sport body in an autocratic manner.Brij Bhushan arrived with his 20-odd supporters for the meeting which went
on for nearly three hours.
“Brij Bhushan appeared before the committee today. He straightaway denied
all the allegations. He said he never did anything wrong,” a sports
ministry source said.
before the government-appointed oversight committee, which is investigating
into sexual abuse allegations against him, and outrightly rejected all the
charges.
The Committee, led by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom, was formed on
January 23 to investigate into the claims made by country’s top wrestlers
that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) boss Brij Bhushan has sexually
harassed several women wrestlers, intimidates the athletes and run the
sport body in an autocratic manner.Brij Bhushan arrived with his 20-odd supporters for the meeting which went
on for nearly three hours.
“Brij Bhushan appeared before the committee today. He straightaway denied
all the allegations. He said he never did anything wrong,” a sports
ministry source said.
Brij Bhushan, however, evaded the waiting media at the SAI headquarters
here, saying the investigation is still on and he won’t like to make any
comment at this point of time.
The allegations were levelled by prominent grapplers such as Vinesh Phogat,
Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Ravi Dahiya.
