Key Points
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh, who has been booked under the POCSO Act, has alleged the law is being "misused on a large scale" and said "we will force the government to change" it...
Brij Bhushan Singh, who is a BJP MP from Kaiserganj, is in the eye of the storm for allegedly sexually harassing women wrestlers, including a minor...
Top grapplers of the country, including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, have been protesting against the WFI chief at Jantar Mantar in Delhi since April 23, and are demanding his arrest...
The first FIR pertains to the sexual harassment allegations by a minor wrestler against Brij Bhushan Singh for which he has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act..
All activities of the wrestling federation have been cancelled by the Sports Ministry till the probe into the sexual harassment allegations of the grapplers against the WFI chief is completed...
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