Babita Phogat Alleges Panel Report Was Snatched From Her, Oversight Panel Member Calls It ‘a Baseless Charge’

Former wrestler Babita Phogat on Tuesday claimed that fellow oversight committee member Radhica Sreeman snatched the final report on sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Bri Bhushan Sharan Singh from her before she could read the findings in full, a charge vehemently denied by the former sports administrator.

Babita, who was included in the government’s probe panel to investigate the allegations on the insistence of protesting wrestlers, alleged that she had some objections but Radhica did not let her read the report in full.

“I had read just a few pages of the final report and I had some objections but Radhica Sreeman came and snatched the report. She said since I belong to the same family (Phogat), that is holding the protest, I can’t read the report,” Babita told PTI.

“She was working on behalf of the chairman (Mary Kom) and told me that the chairman has taken a decision (on signing of the report).” When contacted by PTI, Radhica dismissed the charge as “ridiculous”.

“Why will I do that? What benefit I will accrue by doing something like that. In fact she read the report 4-5 times and agreed to the findings. Each and every word that was written in the report, was explained to her,” Radhica said.