Oversight Committee Will get Two Extra Weeks To Full Probe Into Sexual Harassment Allegations Towards Wrestling Physique Chief

The Sports Ministry has prolonged by two weeks the deadline given to the Oversight Committee to submit its report on sexual harassment allegations towards WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The Committee, led by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom, was shaped on January 23 to analyze into the claims made by nation’s high wrestlers that Brij Bhushan has sexually harassed a number of girls wrestlers and intimidates the athletes. The wrestlers had not supplied the names of the ‘victims’.

The committee, which is operating the day-to-day functioning of the sports activities physique, was requested to submits its report in 4 weeks.

The ministry prolonged the deadline following requests from the committee members and now it would submit its report by March 9.

“The Sports Ministry has given a two-week extension to the Oversight Committee for the submission of its report, following a request,” a ministry supply informed PTI.

The ministry was compelled to type the panel after high Indian wrestlers, together with Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya and Sakshi Malik, staged a sit-in protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, demanding that Brij Bhushan be faraway from the highest publish and WFI be disbanned.

The BJP MP was requested to step apart until the completion of the probe into his alleged misconduct.

The Mary Kom-led committee has former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former shuttler Trupti Murgunde, SAI member Radhica Sreeman and Rajesh Rajagopalan, ex-CEO, Target Olympic Podium Scheme and CWG gold medallist Babita Phogat as its members.

Since the formation of the committee, the highest Indian wrestlers haven’t competed on the worldwide meets, lacking the UWW Ranking Series occasions in Zagreb and Alexandria.

UWW, the world governing physique of the game, has reportedly taken away the internet hosting rights of the Asian Championship from India, citing a grievance from the highest wrestlers.

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