Four women wrestlers moved a sessions court on Friday, challenging a magistrate’s order that acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case. The plea additionally assails the acquittal of former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar, who had been charged with criminal intimidation in the matter.
On August 3, the magisterial court had acquitted the former BJP MP and ex-chief of the WFI in the case filed by six women wrestlers, including World Championships medallist Vinesh Phogat, citing a lack of evidence. Alongside Singh, the court also acquitted Tomar.