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Oversight Committee report: WFI president Brij Bhushan said yoga helped him, hence asked about woman wrestlers breathing pattern
During his police interrogation on May 6, Wrestling Federation of India president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh denied all allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by six women wrestlers. He called the accusations that he touched their stomach and breast on the pretext of checking their breathing "false and baseless," without elaborating further.
When he deposed in front of the government-appointed Oversight Committee on February 28, Singh—who denied all allegations back then as well—cited yoga exercises as a reason to check breathing patterns, referenced scriptures to defend his decision of having separate training camps for women and men, and showed a lack of awareness of the sexual harassment laws that were passed in the Parliament of which he is a member.
A 24-page transcript of Singh's deposition is a part of the oversight committee's report, which is mentioned in the Delhi Police charge sheet, and has been submitted as an annexure.
During the panel hearing, one wrestler complained that Singh touched her "stomach and chest 3-4 times and continued to comment on her breathing pattern." Singh, however, denied the allegation and said he touched his own stomach to demonstrate the correct way of breathing.
Singh told the MC Mary Kom-led committee that he was "unable to recall where the incident took place" but during a tournament, he along with another woman wrestler and a coach, wondered why the complainant was making wrong decisions during a bout.
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