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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Court finds former Indian wrestling chief not guilty in complaints of sexual harassment

⁠An Indian court on Monday acquitted the former chief of India's wrestling federation in a sexual harassment case lodged by female wrestlers, three ​years after the allegations triggered months-long protests demanding criminal action against ​him.

The court had in 2024 laid charges against Brij Bhushan Sharan ⁠Singh of sexual harassment of five female wrestlers and the crime ​of outraging their modesty.

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