Petition in Delhi HC for FIR against wrestlers; withdrawn after WFI chief denies any link

The
petition
was
submitted
by
a
person
named
Vicky,
who
is
reported
to
be
the
cook
of
Singh
–
who
is
a
Member
of
Parliament.
The
person
named
star
wrestlers,
Vinesh
Phogat,
Bajrang
Punia,
Sakshi
Malik,
Sangeeta
Phogat,
Anshu
Malik
and
Sonam
Malik,
who
all
were
present
during
the
protest
against
Singh
at
Jantar
Mantar
in
the
national
capital.

Wrestlers’
protester
‘may
not
be
taken
seriously’,
says
WFI

However,
the
plea
was
soon
withdrawn
by
the
petitioner
after
Brij
Bhushan
Sharan
Singh
took
to
Twitter
to
deny
any
link
with
the
plea.
Singh
made
the
announcement
that
media
reports
suggested
that
the
WFI
chief
himself
filed
the
plea.

“No
petition
has
been
submitted
by
me
or
any
authorised
person
associated
with
me
against
the
Delhi
government,
the
protesting
wrestlers
and
news
channels,”
Singh
tweeted.
“I
have
not
authorised
any
advocate,
law
agency
or
representative
to
file
any
petition
in
any
court
of
law.”

Vicky
claimed
in
his
plea
that
Singh
was
being
blackmailed
for
resignation
as
WFI
chief
on
the
pretext
of
protest
against
him
by
Vinesh,
who
was
one
of
the
spearheading
members
of
the
protest
at
Jantar
Mantar.
The
plea
further
blamed
the
media
for
doing
a
media
trial
and
intervening
in
the
court
proceeding
on
the
matter.

Who
is
Brij
Bhushan
Sharan
Singh?
WFI
president
accused
of
sexual
misconduct
by
protesting
wrestlers

The
plea
was
filed
after
the
Union
Sports
Ministry
directed
Singh
to
step
aside
from
his
role
while
forming
an
oversight
committee
a
day
later
to
investigate
the
allegations
of
sexual
harassment,
financial
irregularities
and
others
against
WFI
and
its
top
brass.

WFI
assistant
secretary
Vinod
Tomar
was
suspended
from
his
nominal
post
while
WFI
was
directed
to
stop
all
its
activities,
including
a
national
event
and
annual
general
meeting
in
Gonda.