Allegations of sexual harassment and exploitation in India's highest-profile Olympic sport have reached into the top echelons of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, with police barricading a team of striking wrestlers staging a sit-in in New Delhi.
The situation threatens to undo the country's recent gains in promoting professional sports opportunities for women – such as the lucrative WPL cricket tournament and a newly announced professional football league — revealing an ugly underbelly where athletes have no voice and no access to a complaint mechanism.
