BENGALURU - An unprecedented public protest by top Indian wrestlers alleging sexual harassment and assault by officials has roiled one of India’s most popular sports. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BENGALURU - An unprecedented public protest by top Indian wrestlers alleging sexual harassment and assault by officials has roiled one of India’s most popular sports.
The protest was reportedly sparked by phone calls that Ms Phogat received from young women wrestlers who were afraid to attend a training camp in Lucknow, where the federation chief lives. Mr Singh, the federation chief, is a member of Parliament from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a political heavyweight in three districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, from where he has been elected to Parliament six times. He still faces several other pending criminal charges, including of robbery and attempt to murder.
The next day, the ministry suspended a senior federation official and said that Mr Brij Bhushan Singh would “step aside” until the government-appointed committee completed its investigation.
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