Wrestlers protest: A Delhi court has summoned the outgoing president of Wrestling Federation and Bharatiya Janata Party MPs Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and Vinod Tomar in a case of harassment of women wrestlers.
The charge sheet has been filed on an FIR filed by six adult women wrestlers. In the chargesheet, the police have charged Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh with IPC sections 354, 354-A and 354D for sexual assault and co-accused Vinod Tomar with IPC sections 109, 354, 354(A), 506.
Articles against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
- IPC section 354 carries a maximum punishment of 5 years and is a non-bailable section
- Section 354A of IPC carries a maximum punishment of one year and is a bailable section
- Section 354D of IPC provides for a maximum sentence of 5 years, while this section is a bailable section.
