Delhi Court Acquits Former WFI Chief Singh and Secretary Tomar in Sexual Harassment Case

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar announced the verdict on August 3 following a two-year trial stemming from complaints lodged by six women wrestlers.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and federation secretary Vinod Tomar on August 3 in a sexual harassment case lodged by six women wrestlers [1]. The judgment concludes the evidentiary phase of proceedings that have occupied the Delhi district courts for two years, though the record does not currently carry the specific legal reasoning behind the acquittal or whether prosecutors intend to challenge the decision [4]. This development arrives as Indian wrestling administration continues to navigate leadership questions separate from this criminal docket.

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