Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik during their protest at Jantar Mantar (Photo: Wasim Sarvar/IANS)

Delhi Police to SC: Case to be registered against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh on wrestlers’ complaint

New Delhi  | The Delhi Police on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it will register an FIR in connection with women wrestlers’ allegation of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Delhi Police, submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice of […]

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‘We are getting threats’: Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, other grapplers reach Jantar mantar to begin protest again

New Delhi | The country’s top wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat along with other grapplers have reached Jantar Mantar to protest against the WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh yet again. A protesting wrestler told IANS that as many as seven women grapplers including a minor have tried to lodge a complaint at Parliament […]

Vinod Tomar (File Image | IANS)

Sports Ministry suspends assistant secretary of Wrestling Federation of India

New Delhi | In the latest development on the tussle between grapplers and Wrestling Federation of India, the Union Sports Ministry on Saturday suspended wrestling body’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar, saying that his presence will be detrimental to the development of the high priority discipline. Tomar worked closely with the WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh […]