Olympian Bajrang Punia has said that the father of the minor girl who changed statement in sexual harassment case against WFI chief Birj Bhushan Singh had said that he "was under a lot of pressure" and that the entire family was in depression.
The plea moved by the woman wrestlers has sought monitoring of the investigation by the court, and direction for the statement of the victim before the court. It has also sought direction to produce a status report on the investigation of the matter.
A scuffle broke out between ace wrestlers protesting against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh and Delhi Police at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday.
The Delhi Police has set up an inquiry committee to investigate a sexual harassment case against a Senior officer filed by woman Assistant Sub Inspector, sources said.
The magistrate on Monday sent Hari Padman, the dance professor at Chennai's Kalakshetra's Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts to judicial custody till April 13 in an alleged sexual harassment case.
Following the reports of repeated cases of sexual harassment with girls during college fests, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal on Monday summoned Delhi Police and Delhi University officials to appear before the commission.
Last Year, a woman, who is a junior athlete coach, alleged that the then sports minister harassed her from February to November last year, through repeated messages on social media, touched her inappropriately and also threatened her in messages.
The Delhi High Court has recently quashed an FIR registered against two employees of a Multi National Company (MNC) for allegedly sexually harassing a woman colleague at the workplace.