Delhi court acquits former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in wrestlers sexual harassment case

Published Aug 3, 05:39 AM UTC

A Delhi court on August 3, 2026, acquitted former BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Vinod Tomar in a sexual harassment case filed by prominent women wrestlers, including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sangeeta Phogat. The wrestlers had protested for months in New Delhi in 2023, alleging harassment between 2016 and 2019. The case led to an FIR after Supreme Court intervention, and charges were framed in 2024. The court accepted a closure report in a related case involving a minor wrestler due to lack of corroborative evidence. The detailed judgment is awaited.