INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The protesting wrestlers decided to call off their three-day-old dharna at Jantar Mantar against Wrestling Federation of India
president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh following marathon talks with Union sports minister Anurag Thakur that ended post-midnight on Saturday,
allegations of sexual harassment and financial impropriety against Singh and also run the day-to-day affairs of the federation
Sources said the panel will likely have threeeminent ex-sportspersons, two of them female athletes."The oversight committee will have a time
frame of four weeks to give its report
Till the time the committee is in existence, WFI president Brij Bhushan Singh will step aside
He will assist the panel in its investigation," Thakur said
We are happy that a probe has been announced
We are calling off our protest for now
a seven-member committee on Friday, headed by six-time world boxing champion M C Mary Kom, to probe allegation s of sexual harassment
set fo r the committee to submit its report to IOA president PT Usha and its executive council (EC).The IOA said it had no authority to
following an independent inquiry
No talks have happen ed with Amit Shah
on January 22, after the annua l general meet of the federation
Ashok, Yo geshwar Dutt, Dola Banerjee, IOA treasurer Sahdev Yadav and one male and female lawyer
Committee (IOC).The members have been tasked to hold dialogues with the agitating wrestlers and investigate the charges of sexual harassment
and intimida tion against Singh
The members will meet the alleged victims of harassment if the protesting wrestlers wish to share their names with the committee in strict
confidentiality.The EC mem bers expressed their unhappiness over the way the wrestlers went public with their grievances instead of first
discussing it with the sports ministry, IOA and the Sports Authority of India (SAI)
March.Watch: Why this old video of BJP MP and President of Wrestling Federation Brij Bhushan Sharan going viral againEarlier in the day, the
In the letter, signed jointly by Bajrang, Sakshi, Vin esh, Ravi and Deepak, the wrestlers informed Usha they feared for their lives and that
Vinesh was mentally h arassed and tortured by the WFI president after she missed out on an Olympic medal in Tokyo
