Marry Kom to lead Oversight Committee to probe allegations against WFI president

Boxing great M C Mary Kom will lead a fivemember Oversight Committee that will probe the sexual harassment charges against Wrestling Federation of India WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan SinghThe governmentappointed committee will also run the daytoday affairs of WFI for the next one monthThe other members of the panel are Olympic medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt former badminton player and Mission Olympic Cell member Trupti Murgunde exTOPS CEO Rajagopalan and former SAI executive director teams Radhica SreemanThe announcement of the panel was made by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on MondayThakur had decided to form the committee on Saturday following a threeday sitin protest by some of the countrys top wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat Bajrang Punia Sakshi Malik and Ravi Dahiya against the WFI and its chiefThe wrestlers ended their protest after a breakthrough was achieved during a marathon second round of talks with Thakur late on Friday nightThe WFI president will not discharge his duties and stay away from daytoday affairs of WFI The daytoday working of WFI will be looked after by the Oversight Committee till their mandated duration and it will also probe the serious allegations against WFI and its chief Thakur saidThe Oversight Committee will be under the chairmanship of world champion Mary Kom Along with her Yogeshwar Dutt MOC member and Dronacharya awardee Trupti Murgunde fomer TOPS CEO Rajagopalan and former ED Teams SAI Radica Sreeman will be part of the committeeIn the next one month this committee will probe into the sexual allegations and other charges after talking to all parties and submit its report Till then all the daytoday decisions and workings of WFI will be taken care of by this committee he addedBoth May Kom and Yogeshwar are also part of the the sevenmember committee formed by the Indian Olympic Association IOA to probe the allegations of sexual harassment and corruption against the WFI chiefAlso readPT Usha Yogeshwar Dutt among eight SOMs picked by IOA Athletes CommissionBesides legendary boxer Mary Kom and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt the IOA panel includes archer Dola Banerjee and Indian Weightlifting Federation IWLF president and IOA treasurer Sahdev YadavThe other members of the IOA committee are two advocates Talish Ray and Shlok Chandra besides former shuttler and IOA joint secretary Alaknanda Ashok who is its vice chairpersonThe agitating wrestlers including young Anshu Malik Sangeeta Phogat and Sonam Malik among others started the sitin protest at Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday and demanded the sacking of the WFI chiefThe wrestlers also demanded that the WFI be disbanded immediately and a new panel is formed including grapplers in itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever