Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal ordered Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh appear before the court on July 18.
A Delhi court on Friday took cognisance of Delhi Police’s chargesheet in the sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and summoned him to Court on July 18.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal of the Rouse Avenue Courts also issued summons to Vinod Tomar, the suspended assistant secretary of the WFI.
Six female wrestlers have levelled allegations of sexual harassment against Singh. Based on their complaints, Police had registered a first information report (FIR).
On June 15, 2023, the police filed a chargesheet against Singh for offences under Sections 354 (outraging modesty), 354A (sexually coloured remarks), 354D (stalking) and 506 (1) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).