'If a single allegation against me is proven, I will hang myself': WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Barabanki (UP), May 31: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Wednesday responded to the protesting wrestlers' allegations and said he would "hang" himself if the allegations against him were proven.
"If a single allegation against me is proven, I will hang myself," the WFI chief said while addressing a public rally in UP's Barabanki. He further took a jibe at the protesting wrestlers for announcing to immerse their medals in the Ganga as a mark of their protest against him.
"It's been four months and they want me to be hanged. The government is not hanging me that's why they gathered at Haridwar on Tuesday and threatened to immerse their medals in the Ganga. This will not bring the sentence that they want for me, it is all emotional drama," he said.
"If you (wrestlers) have any evidence, present it in the court and I am ready to accept any punishment," BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said.
" The Delhi Police are investigating the matter. I would be arrested if there's any truth to the charges (levelled by the wrestlers)," he added.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police sources said till now no supportive evidence had been found to arrest the WFI president, in connection with the allegations levelled by the wrestlers against him.
According to top sources, the Delhi Police would be filing its final report on the matter within 15 days. "Within 15 days, we will be filing our report in the court. It could be in the form of a charge sheet or final report," they added.
Delhi Police sources further said there was no supportive evidence to prove the wrestlers' claim. "Neither he is influencing the witness nor he is destroying the evidence," they added.
Olympians Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat, who have been demanding the removal and arrest of the WFI president over allegations of sexual harassment, reached Haridwar earlier on Tuesday to immerse their medals in the Ganga.
The wrestlers later issued a five-day ultimatum to the authorities to act against the WFI chief.
Several ace grapplers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, have been protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh accusing him of sexual harassment and demanding his arrest. They also went on to question the fact that how the women wrestlers had to hide for the entire day.
- ANI
