New Delhi, May 26 (H.S.): The Patiala House Court has approved the closure report filed by the Delhi Police in the POCSO case registered against former president of the Indian Wrestling Federation and former MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh. Additional Sessions Judge Gomati Manocha accepted the closure report, dismissing the POCSO case against Brijbhushan Sharan Singh. The Delhi Police stated in the POCSO case that no solid evidence has been found against Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.

On June 15, 2023, the Delhi Police submitted the closure report in Patiala House Court, giving clean chit to BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh. The complainant in this case was a minor at the time of filing the complaint. The minor female wrestler expressed satisfaction with the Delhi Police investigation during an in-camera hearing in court on August 1, 2023, and did not oppose the Delhi Police's closure report. The court then reserved its decision on August 1, 2023, but due to the transfer of the judge, the closure report is being re-heard.

The Delhi Police, in response to the complaint made by the minor wrestler, has sought the dismissal of charges against Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, providing him with a clean chit under the POCSO Act. The Delhi Police stated that no solid evidence has been found against Brijbhushan Sharan Singh in the POCSO case. Additionally, there is a case related to allegations of sexual harassment by female wrestlers against Brijbhushan in the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi. On June 15, 2023, the Delhi Police filed a charge sheet in the Rouse Avenue Court. The charge sheet includes charges under sections 354, 354D, 354A, and 506(1) of the Indian Penal Code.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar