New Delhi: Rio Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik has known as for a swift completion of the method of recording statements of the complainants — who’ve accused Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment — earlier than a Justice of the Peace.
Talking throughout a media interplay on Saturday, Sakshi stated, “Now we have mentioned with our legal professionals. Our statements haven’t been recorded underneath (part) 164 (Legal Code of Process) and we’re ready for this. And the police have been given a deadline to make sure that the statements are recorded inside this deadline. My request is to file our statements as quickly as attainable as a result of solely then can the case transfer ahead,” Sakshi stated.
A senior police officer confirmed on Saturday that the police had recorded the statements of the seven complainants, together with the minor, underneath part 161 of the Legal Code of Process. The wrestlers need it underneath part 164.
Seven girls wrestlers, together with a minor, filed complaints of sexual harassment and legal intimidation in opposition to WFI president and BJP MP Singh on April 21 on the Connaught Place police station.
However when the police didn’t file FIRs, the wrestlers approached the Supreme Courtroom. Subsequently, the police filed two FIRs, one underneath the POCSO Act and a second primarily based on the complaints of grownup girls wrestlers.
The wrestlers, together with Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi and World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, are main the protests at Jantar Mantar. They’ve caught to their stand that the protest will solely finish when Singh is arrested underneath related sections.
Maha panchayat as we speak
A maha panchayat of khap leaders shall be held at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. A stream of leaders from farmer unions, employee unions, girls’s organisations and scholar leaders are anticipated to achieve Jantar Mantar in help of the protesting wrestlers who’ve been there day and evening since April 23.
A senior police officer confirmed that between 1,500 to 2,000 individuals are anticipated to journey to Jantar Mantar. “Now we have made obligatory preparations,” the officer stated.
Speaking concerning the present of help, Vinesh stated, “Tomorrow, lots of people are anticipated to affix us from villages, together with these from khap panchayats, farmer and employee unions, scholar organisations… We attraction to everybody to be peaceable. Our success depends upon a peaceable demonstration. We additionally request all who will come tomorrow to cooperate with authorities and police. We additionally request the police to not cease our supporters tomorrow. If police cooperate, then they can even cooperate.”
Bajrang additionally appealed to individuals across the nation to conduct a candlelight march at 7 pm on Could 7 (Sunday).
‘Ganguly can name us’
A day after former India skipper Sourav Ganguly stated ‘allow them to struggle their battles’ and that he ‘didn’t know what was taking place’ when requested concerning the protesting wrestlers, World Championship medalist Vinesh Phogat stated they had been able to enlighten him of the ‘scenario’ if he contacts them.
“If he desires to know the matter and what’s the scenario then he can contact us and as a fellow athlete, we are able to inform him what’s the scenario. That’s if he desires to help us and say that we should be given justice. However for that, he has to strategy us, we are able to’t strategy him,” Vinesh stated on Saturday.
At an occasion, Ganguly stated, “Allow them to struggle their battles and I actually don’t know what is going on there. I clearly learn within the newspapers… I realise one factor within the sports activities world… don’t speak about stuff you don’t have full data of. So I hope it will get resolved. The wrestlers win a number of medals and convey accolades to the nation and hopefully, it will likely be resolved,” Ganguly had stated.