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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: WFI Chief

Delhi Police urges court to frame charges against Brij Bhushan in sexual harassment case

Delhi Police had filed chargesheet against BJP MP and former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh last June. Court to hear matter next on 20 January.

Delhi court grants two-day interim bail to BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh in sexual harassment case

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.

Chargesheet weak, shows cops protecting Brij Bhushan Singh, says protesting wrestler

A legal team of the grapplers will review the chargesheet filed Thursday, following which they will take a call on future protests.

‘Mohabbat ka sila’ — no mention of wrestlers, lot of poetry at Brij Bhushan’s show of strength in UP

At rally in home turf Kaiserganj, the benched WFI president said he would contest the 2024 polls from the constituency. He also lauded 'Modi-wala Bharat' and slammed Congress.

Farmers’ body stages protest against Centre, WFI chief Brij Bhushan amid wrestlers’ protest

Farmers from the Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta Puadh said they would stand in support of the wrestlers since it is a fight for the dignity of women in the country.

‘People’s sentiments with protesting wrestlers’ — Haryana BJP leader ‘warned Nadda against inaction’

Former Union minister Choudhary Birendra Singh said he met BJP chief J.P. Nadda around Karnataka assembly polls and the latter told him he would speak to home and sports ministries.

Brij Bhushan postpones Ayodhya rally — ‘political rivals have made false allegations against me’

Proposed rally was seen as the WFI chief and BJP MP's attempt to consolidate support of a section of seers in wake of several women wrestlers accusing him of sexual harassment.

‘Left our rooms in groups to avoid being alone with him’ — what FIRs against Brij Bhushan allege

Two FIRs against WFI head allegedly reveal sexual advances made by him towards wrestlers during competitions in India & abroad. One complainant claims she 'couldn't sleep or eat for days'.

Delhi cops file FIR against protesting wrestlers, invoke sections of rioting, unlawful assembly

Police sources say FIR lodged under IPC sections 147, 149, 186, 188, 332, 353, and section 3 of the PDPP Act. Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik & Bajrang Punia were detained Sunday.

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