4 women wrestlers challenge acquittal of Brij Bhushan in sexual harassment case

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Former Chief of Wrestling Federation of India and Former BJP MP's Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Four women wrestlers on Friday (September 25, 2026) moved a sessions court, challenging a magistrate’s order acquitting former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case.

The appeal challenges the acquittal order of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar dated August 3.

According to the plea, the order of acquittal was "erroneous and unsustainable in law".

The matter is likely to be heard by Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh on Saturday.

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