The court on Wednesday started hearing arguments on the point of whether to frame the charges against Singh and co-accused and suspended WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal directed accused persons to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs 25,000 each. The court also imposed several conditions.
The court granted relief to Singh on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 and also granted bail to Vinod Tomar, suspended assistant secretary of Wrestling Federation of India, in the case.
In video shared on Twitter, wrestlers Sakshee Malikkh & her husband Satyawart Kadian claimed permission for them to protest at the Delhi site was taken by 2 BJP leaders, among them Phogat.
In December 2022, a woman athlete accused Singh, former captain of Indian hockey team, of sexual assault. Six months on, no chargesheet, SIT probing case yet to submit findings.
Seven wrestlers including a minor had accused Brij Bhushan of sexual harassment. Earlier this month, minor's father recorded fresh statement retracting sexual harassment charge.
Delhi Police officers say chargesheet against Wrestling Federation of India chief cites corroboration of wrestlers' complaints by colleagues, coaches & others as main evidence.
In the letter, UP BJP MLC Devendra Pratap Singh also warned Union sports minister Anurag Thakur that bending to wrestlers' 'illegitimate demands' would be a 'historic political mistake'.
It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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