Topic: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced her decision to return the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honor awarded to her in 2020, along with the Arjuna Award, in a strongly-worded open letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and shared on her social media platforms on Tuesday evening.

2016 Rio Olympics bronze medallist and India’s wrestling icon Sakshi Malik has announced quitting wrestling following Sanjay Singh being elected as president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

Four out of the six female athletes who have leveled allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have submitted audio and video evidence in support of their claims.

Olympian Sakshi Malik who is one of the front figures of wrestlers’ protest, said that one of the seven female wrestlers, who is a minor, has altered her statement against Wrestling Federation of India and BJP MP, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh due to pressure.

The allegations put forth in the First Information Reports (FIRs), filed by seven women wrestlers at Delhi's Connaught Place police station last month, claim that Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the BJP MP and the Wrestling Federation of India chief, engaged in inappropriate and atrocious behavior towards female athletes.

Two First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered by Delhi Police against Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in connection with the wrestlers' allegations of sexual harassment.