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Women wrestlers vow to appeal against the verdict amid controversial acquittal. A New Delhi court has acquitted the former chief of India’s wrestling federation in a sexual harassment and stalking case lodged by prominent female wrestlers. The decision, announced on Monday, came three years after allegations prompted months of protests demanding criminal action against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The court charged Singh, the 69-year-old former politician from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in 2024. He completed his term that year and was not re-nominated, but his son ran and won the constituency.
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The court reached its verdict after finding “inconsistencies” in witness statements and a “contradiction on major issues”, he told reporters.
