"Hugging Woman Without Sexual Intent Not An Offence": Wrestling Body Chief
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The court on Wednesday started hearing arguments on point of whether to frame the charges against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and co-accused and suspended WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.
Outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accused in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers, on Wednesday told a Delhi court that hugging or touching a woman without a sexual intent is not an offence.
Mr Singh made the submissions before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal through his lawyer while opposing framing of charges against him.
The court on Wednesday started hearing arguments on point of whether to frame the charges against Mr Singh and co-accused and suspended WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.
