MC Mary Kom-led Oversight Committee gets two more weeks to probe sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The Sports Ministry extended the deadline for the committee, which was formed on January 23, to investigate the claims made by country's top wrestlers against Brij Bhushan.The committee was earlier asked to submits its report in four weeks.The wrestlers had claimed that the WFI president harassed several women wrestlers and intimidated the athletes.

The wrestlers had not provided the names of the 'victims'.The committee has former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former shuttler Trupti Murgunde, SAI member Radhica Sreeman and Rajesh Rajagopalan, ex-CEO, Target Olympic Podium Scheme and CWG gold medallist Babita Phogat as its members along with Mary Kom. The committee is also running the day-to-day functioning of the sports body. The ministry extended the deadline following requests from the committee members and now it will submit its report by March 9."The Sports Ministry has given a two-week extension to the Oversight Committee for the submission of its report, following a request," a ministry source told PTI.The ministry was forced to form the panel after top Indian wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Ravi Dahiya and Sakshi Malik, staged a sit-in protest at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar, demanding that Brij Bhushan be removed from the top post and WFI be disbanned.The BJP MP was asked to step aside till the completion of the probe into his alleged misconduct.Since the formation of the committee, the top Indian wrestlers have not competed at the international meets, missing the UWW Ranking Series events in Zagreb and Alexandria.UWW, the world governing body of the sport, has reportedly taken away the hosting rights of the Asian Championship from India, citing a complaint from the top