Delhi police on Saturday told a court that former WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accused of sexual harassment of several women wrestlers, was not exonerated by the oversight committee constituted by the government to investigate the allegations against him.

The police made the submission before the court during the argument on whether to frame charges against Singh in the case.

“Singh was not exonerated by the oversight committee. The committee had given the recommendations, not the decision. Nowhere has it stated that these allegations are not substantiated or are false,” special public prosecutor Atul Srivastava told the court.

Saying even a mere gesture can constitute a crime under section 354 (Assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC, he urged the court to frame the charges against Singh.

The Delhi police had filed a charge sheet against Singh on June 15 under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Singh appeared before the court during the proceedings of the case on Saturday.

The Union Sports Ministry had constituted an oversight committee headed by Indian boxing great MC Mary Kom to investigate the allegations levelled by women wrestlers against Singh.

Earlier on July 20, the court had granted bail to Singh and suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.