Wrestlers Stall Protest On Promise That Probe Against WFI Chief Will Be Completed By June 15

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New Delhi: Union minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday, assured completion of the investigation against wrestling federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan by June 15 without making a commitment on his arrest. He presented a written proposal to protesting wrestlers after a five-hour meeting today.

Olympian Bajrang Punia said after the meeting that according to the proposal, the Delhi Police will complete the investigation against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by June 15. “Till then, the protest will be suspended, but the way forward will be decided after the 15th,” he told NDTV.

“We have assured that probe will be completed by June 15 and a chargesheet will be filed. Independent elections for the Wrestling Federation will be held by June 30,” Union minister Anurag Thakur said.

The government has also accepted the wrestlers’ demand that Brij Bhushan Singh and people connected to him will not be on a new internal committee of the federation, which will be headed by a woman, the minister added. The government has also offered to withdraw the cases filed against wrestlers on May 28.

The wrestlers, who have been demanding Singh’s arrest, accusing him of sexual harassment, will discuss the proposal with their supporting organisations and convey their decision to the government, Bajrang Punia said.