The father of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh was found accountable when his son shot himself

The father of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh was found accountable when his son shot himself

Life Story of Brijbhushan Sharan Singh: When his son Shakti Singh, 22, was in his room, Brijbhushan heard gunshots. He went to the room and discovered Shakti dead. He

In New Delhi: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP member from Kaiserganj, has recently made headlines after seven female wrestlers accused him of sexual exploitation. He has always been involved in disputes.

At his father's ancestral home in the Nawabganj neighbourhood of the Gonda district, he shot himself on the morning of June 17, 2004. He attended Lucknow's Babu Banarasi Das Engineering College. In a suicide note, he ascribed the crime to his father.

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When Brij Bhushan entered his son Shakti Singh's room after hearing gunshots, he discovered Shakti had died. He took his own life using the legally owned firearm of his father. Then Shakti Singh's suicide note, which stated that "You could not prove to be a good father," was made public in an article by The Times of India.

You never gave a thought to our brothers and sisters' comfort or convenience; you were just concerned with yourself. Sister is now developing, but we are seeing a bleak future. Living in the present has no purpose because of this.

Brij Bhushan represented Balrampur as the BJP's MP at the time. Since 1988, when he first became actively involved in politics, he has served as a member of parliament six times. The 40 defendants in the Babri demolition case also included Brij Bhushan's name. In this case, prominent figures including LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Ram Vilas Vedanti, Vinay Katiyar, and Uma Bharti were charged.

On September 30, 2020, the Special CBI Court rendered its decision in this matter and found all of the defendants not guilty.  Prateik Bhushan Singh and Karan Bhushan Singh are his other two sons. Pratik Gonda has served as the Sadar seat's MLA twice. Karan was chosen to serve as the Uttar Pradesh Wrestling Association's senior vice-president in 2018.

In 1996, when Brijbhushan Sharan Singh was detained in Tihar Jail pursuant to TADA, his wife Ketki Singh stood for the Lok Sabha constituency of Gonda and defeated Congress candidate Anand Singh by a margin of 80000 votes. He currently serves as the President of the Indian Wrestling Federation. Top national wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia have formed a front against the WFI Chief and have levelled severe accusations of sexual harassment against him. 

On the basis of a complaint from 7 female wrestlers, including 1 minor, the Delhi Police also filed two FIRs against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, one of which was filed under the POCSO Act. The inquiry into the incident is ongoing, but the wrestler is keen that Brij Bhushan be taken into custody.