Several wrestlers have filed a plea in Delhi HC against WFI for allegedly targeting and harassing them for being outspoken and critical of the organisation's alleged corrupt malpractices.
They were protesting against ‘loss of one crucial year of their careers,’ for which they blamed top grapplers, demanding that suspended WFI be restored after disbanding ad-hoc panel.
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Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal directed accused persons to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs 25,000 each. The court also imposed several conditions.
The court granted relief to Singh on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 and also granted bail to Vinod Tomar, suspended assistant secretary of Wrestling Federation of India, in the case.
This comes after the wresters were detailed by police on 28 May. They had accused benched WFI president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh of sexual harassment.
Seven wrestlers including a minor had accused Brij Bhushan of sexual harassment. Earlier this month, minor's father recorded fresh statement retracting sexual harassment charge.
Matters of defence and foreign policy are important, but the new government must address widespread discontent in the country. This begins with investing in the rural sector.
Bibek Debroy, chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, also suggested that analysing inequality at the state level might provide a clearer picture of inequality, as a national estimate could be misleading.
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