New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday filed a chargesheet against BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for the offences of sexual harassment and stalking. The police also recommended the cancellation of a complaint filed by a minor wrestler against the BJP MP, citing “no corroborative evidence”. The government had assured the agitating wrestlers that the chargesheet in the case would be filed by June 15, following which they had suspended their protest.

In the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) matter, the police submitted a report requesting for cancellation of the case based upon the statements of the complainant, who is the father of the minor, and the girl herself, a statement issued by Delhi Police PRO Suman Nalwa said. Additional Sessions Judge Rajinder Singh in Patiala House Court put the cancellation report for consideration on July 4. The POCSO entails a minimum imprisonment of three years. However, it is subjected to the section under which the crime is falling.

In the other case filed on the complaint of women wrestlers, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Kumar at the Rouse Avenue court put up the chargesheet for consideration on June 22. The chargesheet was filed under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking) and 506 (criminal intimidation), Special Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava said outside the court.

The wrestlers, who have demanded arrest of the WFI chief, are contemplating their next move following the filing of the chargesheet, sources said. The chargesheet has also been filed against Vinod Tomar, a suspended assistant secretary of the WFI, for the offences under sections 109 (abetment of any offence, if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment), 354, 354A and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.

The protesting wrestlers have been demanding Singh’s arrest, who they have accused of sexually exploiting women wrestlers, including a minor. On June 7, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur met Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, assuring the agitating wrestlers that the chargesheet in the case would be filed by June 15.

The Special Investigation Team has questioned over 180 people and also went to Singh’s residence in Gonda where it recorded statements of the outgoing WFI chief’s relatives, colleagues, house staff and his associates. The investigators also took a woman wrestler to the official residence of Singh in New Delhi to recreate the sequence of events that led to the alleged crime. The wrestlers had threatened to resume their protest if a chargesheet is not filed by the specified period.