Court reserves order on plea of Brij Bhushan seeking further investigation and placing of CDR of coach
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for April 26. This matter is related to allegations of sexual harassment levelled by six female wrestlers against Singh.
Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has moved an application seeking a direction to place on record the call detail records (CDRs) of coach Vijender in relation to an alleged incident at the WFI office in New Delhi. He has also sought a direction to investigate the travel document of Singh.
Singh has claimed that he was not in Delhi on the said date. He was in Serbia on September 7, 2022.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot reserved the order after hearing the arguments. She also asked the parties to file related judgements.
The matter was at the stage of an order on farming of charge. The court said that it would first decide on the application of the accused.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Atul Srivastav submitted that if something has not been argued by defence counsel, is it the fault of the prosecution. The Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that, on analysis of CDR, it was found that the location of the coach was in the same area where the WFI office is situated.
Advocate Rajiv Mohan argued that the victim went to Bulgaria in August 2022. Thereafter, she went to WFI in September 2022. On September 7, 2022, the location of the coach was the WFI office. He said that we had submitted those travel documents. If I were not in Delhi, then the plea of alibi would arise in my favour, Advocate
