Notably, the resolution to grant affiliation to the Assam Wrestling Association was passed by an executive committee meeting in 2014 under the chairmanship of tainted former WFI Chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Singh presently stands accused of sexual harassment by various female wrestlers. After a criminal complaint was lodged by the Delhi Police in the matter, the Supreme Court recently closed the proceedings before it, which had alleged police inaction in the case.
The police recently filed its chargesheet in the case, implicating the Kaiserganj Member of Parliament for the offences of outraging a women’s modesty, criminal intimidation, making sexually coloured remarks, and stalking.
Olympian wrestlers, including Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat, had earlier carried out a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi seeking action against Singh.
Source: Barandbench
