‘Left With No Option But to Approach Court’: Vinesh Phogat Hits Out At WFI OC After Unfulfilled Promises

Indian wrestler par excellence, Vinesh Phogat, revealed that the grapplers have lost faith in the Oversight Committee set up to probe into the sexual allegation complaints launched against former WFI chief and BJP member Brijbushan Sharan Singh.

Phogat said that her calls to the sports minister, Anurag Thakur and the head of the oversight committee, headed by legendary Indian boxer MC Mary Kom went unanswered.

“Why is there secrecy over the findings of the Oversight Committee and the details about how they went about the probe?” Phogat said.

“Women wrestlers have shown the courage to speak about what they faced but it seems like their words don’t matter. We have raised a very sensitive issue which concerns the safety of women wrestlers. We have lost faith in the committee.”

Phogat also elucidated on how the early assurances given by the oversight committee also went unfulfilled.

“We received some assurances from the government but they were not fulfilled too. We do not know the status of the report filed by the committee as well. Every time we ask what is the status and finding of the Oversight Committee report, there is no response from anyone,” Phogat said.

Phogat expressed that despite repeated attempts by herself and ace wrestler Bajrang Punia went without reply.

“We tried to speak to sports minister Anurag Thakur, but there was no response from him. I tried two to three times, and Bajrang did too. We tried calling members of the committee, including its head Mary Kom. But she did not take our calls. We don’t know who will give us justice?” Phogat questioned.

“We are left with no other option but to approach the court in our fight for justice. Stepping back is not an option now,” Phogat added.

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